Monomorium fezzanense

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

Nomenclature

 * . Monomorium fezzanense Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 346 (w.) SAUDI ARABIA, OMAN.
 * Type-material: holotype worker, paratype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: holotype Saudi Arabia: Jabal Banban, 16.iii.1978 (W. Büttiker); paratypes: workers with same data, workers Saudi Arabia: N Tabuk, 4.iv.1979, Expd N Hedjaz (W. Büttiker), workers Saudi Arabia: Al-Tawlah, 7.iii.1983 (C.A. Collingwood), workers Oman: Khabura Batina, 2.vi.1979 (R.P. Whitcombe), workers OMAN: Thumrait, iv.1984 (J.M. Barnes).
 * Type-depository: unknown (possibly in WMLC, possibly in NHMB if Büttiker material was returned).
 * Status as species: Collingwood, et al. 2011: 433; Borowiec, L. 2014: 119.
 * Distribution: Oman, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Barech G., M. Khaldi, X. Espadaler, and H. Cagniant. 2017. The genus Monomorium Mayr, 1855 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the Maghreb (North Africa): Identification key, redescription of Monomorium major Bernard, 1953 and new records from Algeria. Boletin de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 61: 151-157.
 * Collingwood C. A., D. Agosti, M. R. Sharaf, A. Van Harten, 2011. Order Hymenoptera, family Formicidae. Arthropod Fauna of the UAE 4: 405-474
 * Collingwood C.A., D.Agosti, M.R. Sharaf, and A. van Harten. 2011. Order Hymenoptera, family Formicidae. Arthropod fauna of the UAE, 4: 405474
 * Collingwood, C. A., and Donat Agosti. "Formicidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of Saudi Arabia (Part 2)." Fauna of Saudi Arabia 15 (1996): 300-385.
 * Ettershank G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Aust. J. Zool. 14: 73-171.
 * 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