Monomorium matame

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Monomorium niloticum.

Nomenclature

 * . Monomorium matame Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 350, fig. 22 (w.) OMAN, SAUDI ARABIA, YEMEN.
 * Type-material: holotype worker, paratype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: holotype Oman: Wadi Matam, 1.ii.1986 (M.D. Gallagher); paratypes: workers with same data, workers Saudi Arabia: Nuayriyah, 20.v.1980 (W. Büttiker), workers Yemen: Sana’a, ii.1991 (A. van Harten).
 * Type-depository: unknown (possibly in WMLC, possibly in NHMB if Büttiker material was returned, possibly in OMHN if Gallagher material has been retained there).
 * Status as species: Borowiec, L. 2014: 121.
 * Distribution: Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Collingwood, C. A., and Donat Agosti. "Formicidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of Saudi Arabia (Part 2)." Fauna of Saudi Arabia 15 (1996): 300-385.
 * Sharaf M. R., B. L. Fisher, H. M. Al Dhafer, A. Polaszek, and A. S. Aldawood. 2018. Additions to the ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Oman: an updated list, new records and a description of two new species. Asian Myrmecology 10: e010004