Syllophopsis kondratieffi

Syllophopsis kondratieffi (Sharaf & Aldawood, 2013) valid

Monomorium kondratieffi Sharaf & Aldawood, 2013a: 79, figs. 1-12 (w.) SAUDI ARABIA. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: Saudi Arabia: Al Bahah Prov., Al Urdiya Governorate, Wadi Qonouna, 19.42936°N, 41.60503°E, 353 m., 12.v.2011 (M.R. Sharaf). Type-depository: KSMA. Secondary type information: Paratype-material: 1 paratype worker. Paratype-locality: same as for holotype. Paratype-depository: WMLC. Type notes: Aldawood, 2016: 139, points out that the type-locality is in Makkah Prov., not Al Bahah Prov.

Combination in Syllophopsis: Ward et al., 2015: 73.
Status as species: Borowiec, 2014: 120; Aldawood, 2016: 139 (redescription).

Obsolete combinations

Monomorium kondratieffi

Citations

Aldawood, A. S. 2016. Ants of the genus Syllophopsis Santschi, 1915 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Saudi Arabia with description of a new species. Zoology in the Middle East 62 (2):137-143. 10.1080/09397140.2016.1173898 PDF
Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25 (1-2):1-340. PDF
Sharaf, M. R.; Aldawood, A. S. 2013a. First occurrence of the Monomorium hildebrandti-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), in the Arabian Peninsula, with description of a new species M. kondratieffi n. sp. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 115 (1):75-84. 10.4289/0013-8797.115.1.75 PDF
Ward, P. S.; Brady, S. G.; Fisher, B. L.; Schultz, T. R. 2015. The evolution of myrmicine ants: phylogeny and biogeography of a hyperdiverse ant clade (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology 40:61-81. 10.1111/syen.12090 PDF