Monomorium sommieri

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Israel, Tunisia, Turkey.

Nomenclature

 * . Monomorium salomonis var. sommieri Emery, 1916b: 161.
 * Type-material: holotype worker.
 * Type-locality: Italy: Lampedusa I., iii.6 (= 1906) (Sommier).
 * Type-depository: MSNG.
 * [First available use of Monomorium salomonis subsp. salomonis var. sommieri Emery, 1908h: 676 (w.) TUNISIA; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
 * Combination in M. (Xeromyrmex): Emery, 1916b: 161.
 * As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1922e: 177.
 * Subspecies of salomonis: Santschi, 1921e: 170; Kutter, 1928: 66; Menozzi, 1929e: 125; Menozzi, 1934: 160; Finzi, 1936: 176; Santschi, 1936a: 58; Bernard, 1948: 145; Bernard, 1953a: 161; Baroni Urbani, 1971c: 91; Ettershank, 1966: 92; Bolton, 1995b: 267.
 * Status as species: Mei, 1995: 763; Poldi, et al. 1995: 4; Vonshak, et al. 2009: 43; Kiran & Karaman, 2012: 21; Borowiec, L. 2014: 126; Lebas, et al. 2016: 304.
 * Senior synonym of atrata: Emery, 1916b: 161; Santschi, 1921e: 170; Emery, 1922e: 177; Bolton, 1995b: 267.
 * Distribution: Israel, Italy, Tunisia.
 * atrata. Monomorium salomonis var. atrata Santschi, 1912c: 147 (w.) TUNISIA.
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “1 nest”).
 * Type-localities: Tunisia: Kairouan, Oued-Zeroud (F. Santschi), “other examples” Tunisia: Tozeur (F. Santschi).
 * Type-depository: NHMB.
 * As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Santschi, 1936a: 53.
 * Subspecies of salomonis: Viehmeyer, 1923: 91.
 * Status as species: Kugler, J. 1988: 258.
 * Junior synonym of sommieri: Emery, 1916b: 161; Santschi, 1921e: 170; Emery, 1922e: 177; Bolton, 1995b: 259.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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