Monomorium asiriense Collingwood & Agosti, 1996 valid
Monomorium asiriense Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 342, fig. 16 (w.q.m.) SAUDI ARABIA. Afrotropic.
Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Saudi Arabia: Bishah, 20°01’N, 42°34’E, 7.iv.1983 (C.A. Collingwood). Primary type depository: unknown (perhaps WMLC). Secondary type information: Secondary type material: paratype workers (number not stated), 1 paratype queen, 1 paratype male. Secondary type localities: Saudi Arabia: Wadi Shuqub, 7.iv.1983 (C.A. Collingwood), Bishah, 7.iv.1983 (C.A. Collingwood), Al-Tawlah, 7.iv.1983 (C.A. Collingwood), An-Naamah, 8.iv.1983 (C.A. Collingwood). Secondary type depository: unknown (perhaps WMLC). Type notes: Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 301, say “All type material is housed in NHMB and duplicates placed in appropriate institutes and museums of the contributing countries”; this apparently was never done.
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