Monomorium pharaonis

Distribution
This taxon was described from Egypt. It is also found in Mozambique and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Nomenclature

 *  pharaonis. Formica pharaonis Linnaeus, 1758: 580 (w.) EGYPT. Mayr, 1865: 90 (m.); André, 1883a: 338 (q.); Forel, 1891b: 164 (w.q.m.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1955c: 121 (l.); Petralia & Vinson, 1980: 383 (l.); Imai, 1966: 119 (k.). Combination in Monomorium: Mayr, 1862: 752. Senior synonym of antiguensis, domestica: Roger, 1862c: 294; of contigua, fragilis: Mayr, 1886c: 359; of minuta: Emery, 1892b: 165; Bolton, 1987: 288; of vastator: Donisthorpe, 1932c: 449. See also: Smith, D.R. 1979: 1383; Bolton, 1987: 356; Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 164; Heterick, 2006: 100.
 * antiguensis. Formica antiguensis Fabricius, 1793: 357 (w.) WEST INDIES. Junior synonym of pharaonis: Roger, 1862c: 294.
 * domestica. Myrmica domestica Shuckard, 1838: 627 (w.q.) GREAT BRITAIN. Smith, F. 1851: 119 (m.). Junior synonym of pharaonis: Roger, 1862c: 294. See also: Curtis, 1854: 217; Bolton, 1987: 356.
 * minuta. Atta minuta Jerdon, 1851: 105 (w.q.) INDIA. Junior synonym of pharaonis: Emery, 1892b: 165; Bolton, 1987: 288, 356.
 * vastator. Myrmica vastator Smith, F. 1857a: 71 (w.) SINGAPORE. Combination in Monomorium: Mayr, 1886c: 359. Junior synonym of destructor: Dalla Torre, 1893: 66; of pharaonis: Donisthorpe, 1932c: 449.
 * contigua. Myrmica contigua Smith, F. 1858b: 125 (q.) SRI LANKA. Junior synonym of pharaonis: Mayr, 1886c: 359.
 * fragilis. Myrmica fragilis Smith, F. 1858b: 124 (w.) SINGAPORE. Junior synonym of pharaonis: Mayr, 1886c: 359.