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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
›
Formicidae
›
Myrmicinae
›
Solenopsidini
›
Monomorium
›
Monomorium phoenicum
Monomorium
phoenicum
Santschi, 1927
junior synonym of current valid taxon
Monomorium bicolor
Emery, 1877
Monomorium (Xeromyrmex) subopacum var. phoenicum
Santschi, 1927e
: 242 (w.q.) LEBANON, EGYPT, ISRAEL. Palearctic.
Primary type information:
Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated). Type-localities: Lebanon, Beyroth (= Beirut) 5.viii.1933 (
Santschi
), Lebanon: Tripoli (no collector’s name), Egypt: Suez (no collector’s name), Israel (“Palestine”) (no further data). Type-depositories:
MSNG
,
NHMB
. Type-specimen:
CASENT0249831
(
NHMB
).
[First available use of
Monomorium salomonis subopacum phoenicum
Emery, 1908j
; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
[Misspelled as
phaenicium
by
Santschi, 1934d
: 277.]
[Misspelled as
phoenicium
by
Tohmé & Tohmé, 2014
: 135.]
Wheeler & Mann, 1916
: 170 (m.)
As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name:
Wheeler & Mann, 1916
: 170;
Donisthorpe, 1918c
: 166;
Emery, 1922c
: 178;
Emery, 1924a
: 9;
Kutter, 1928
: 66;
Ettershank, 1966
: 91.
Subspecies of
Monomorium subopacum
:
Menozzi, 1933b
: 62;
Menozzi, 1934
: 161;
Santschi, 1934d
: 277;
Finzi, 1936
: 177;
Finzi, 1940
: 161.
Subspecies of
Monomorium salomonis
:
Weber, 1952c
: 14.
Status as species:
Collingwood, 1985
: 272;
Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a
: 55;
Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b
: 272 (in key);
Collingwood, 1993b
: 194;
Bolton, 1995b
: 266;
Collingwood & Agosti, 1996
: 353;
Petrov, 2006
: 94 (in key);
Legakis, 2011
: 15;
Collingwood
et al.
, 2011
: 435;
Borowiec & Salata, 2012
: 519;
Borowiec, 2014
: 124;
Tohmé & Tohmé, 2014
: 135;
Lebas
et al.
, 2016
: 304;
Borowiec & Salata, 2020
: 14.
Junior synonym of
Monomorium bicolor
:
Sharaf
et al.
, 2021
: 26.
Obsolete combinations
Monomorium subopacum phoenicum
Citations
Agosti, D.
;
Collingwood, C. A.
1987a.
A provisional list of the Balkan ants (Hym. Formicidae) and a key to the worker caste. I. Synonymic list.
Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 60:51-62.
PDF
Agosti, D.
;
Collingwood, C. A.
1987b.
A provisional list of the Balkan ants (Hym. Formicidae) with a key to the worker caste. II. Key to the worker caste, including the European species without the Iberian.
Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 60:261-293.
PDF
Bolton, B.
1995b.
A new general catalogue of the ants of the world.
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Borowiec, L.
2014.
Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
Genus (Wroclaw) 25 (1-2):1-340.
PDF
Borowiec, L.
;
Salata, S.
2012.
Ants of Greece – checklist, comments and new faunistic data (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
Genus (Wroclaw) 23 (4):461-563.
PDF
Borowiec, L.
;
Salata, S.
2020.
Review of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Jordan.
Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum, Entomology 29(002):1-29.
10.5281/zenodo.3733156
PDF
Collingwood, C. A.
1985.
Hymenoptera: Fam. Formicidae of Saudi Arabia.
Fauna of Saudi Arabia 7:230-302.
PDF
Collingwood, C. A.
1993b.
A comparative study of the ant fauna of five Greek islands.
Biologia Gallo-Hellenica 20:191-197.
PDF
Collingwood, C. A.
;
Agosti, D.
1996.
Formicidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of Saudi Arabia (part 2).
Fauna of Saudi Arabia 15:300-385.
PDF
Collingwood, C. A.
;
Agosti, D.
;
Sharaf, M. R.
;
van Harten, A.
2011.
Order Hymenoptera, family Formicidae.
Arthropod Fauna of the UAE 4:405-474.
PDF
Donisthorpe, H.
1918c.
A list of ants from Mesopotamia; with a description of a new species and a new variety.
Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 30:165-167.
PDF
Emery, C.
1922c.
Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part].
Genera Insectorum 174B:95-206.
PDF
Emery, C.
1924a.
Formiche della Cirenaica raccolte dal Dott. Enrico Festa e dal Prof. Filippo Silvestri.
Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 56:6-11.
PDF
Ettershank, G.
1966.
A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to
Solenopsis
and
Pheidologeton
(Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
Australian Journal of Zoology 14:73-171.
PDF
Finzi, B.
1936.
Risultati scientifici della spedizione di S. A. S. il Principe Alessandro della Torre e Tasso nell'Egitto e peninsola del Sinai. XI. Formiche.
Bulletin. Société Entomologique d'Egypte 20:155-210.
PDF
Finzi, B.
1940 ("1939").
Formiche della Libia.
Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana 18:155-166.
PDF
Kutter, H.
1928.
A. Formicidae.
Pp. 65-67 in:
Schulthess, A. v.
1928.
Beiträge zur Kenntnis nordafrikanischer Hymenopteren.
EOS. Revista Española de Entomología 4:65-92.
Lebas, C.
;
Galkowski, C.
;
Blatrix, R.
;
Wegnez, P.
2016.
Guide Delachaux: Fourmis d’Europe occidentale.
Luçon: Delachaux et Niestlé, 415 pp.
Legakis, A.
2011.
Annotated list of the ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Greece.
Hellenic Zoological Archives 7:1-55.
PDF
Menozzi, C.
1933b.
Le formiche della Palestina.
Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana 12:49-113.
PDF
Menozzi, C.
1934.
Reperti mirmecofaunistici raccolti dal Prof. L. di Caporiacco nelle oasi di Cufra e in altre località del deserto Libico.
Atti della Società dei Naturalisti e Matematici di Modena 65[=(6)13]:153-166.
PDF
Petrov, I.
2006.
The ants of Serbia and Montenegro. [In Serbian.].
Posebna Izdanja. Srpska Akademija Nauka i Umetnosti 656:1-136.
PDF
Santschi, F.
1927e.
Révision myrmécologique.
Bulletin et Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 67:240-248.
PDF
Santschi, F.
1934d.
Fourmis d'une croisière.
Bulletin et Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 74:273-282.
PDF
Sharaf, M. R.
;
Mohamed, A. A.
;
Boudinot, B. E.
;
Wetterer, J. K.
;
Hita Garcia, F.
;
Al Dhafer, H. M.
;
Aldawood, A. S.
2021.
Monomorium
(Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Arabian Peninsula with description of two new species,
M. heggyi
sp. n. and
M. khalidi
sp. n.
PeerJ 9:60 pp. e10726.
10.7717/peerj.10726
PDF
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;
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2014.
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PDF
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1952c.
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PDF
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;
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1916.
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