New synonyms of two Arabian ants of the genus Monomorium Mayr, 1855 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

Abstract. Synonymy of two Arabian Monomorium Mayr, 1855 species is proposed: Monomorium exiguum Forel, 1894 = Monomorium desertorum Collingwood & Agosti, 1996, syn. n.; Monomorium subopacum Smith, 1858 = Monomorium mintiribe Collingwood & Agosti, 1996, syn. n. A lectotype for Monomorium venu...

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Autores principales: Sharaf, Mostafa R., Collingwood, Cedric A., Al Dhafer, Hathal M., Al mutairi, Mohammed S., Aldawood, Abdulrahman S.
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Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4453235/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26052238
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.505.9441
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author Sharaf, Mostafa R.
Collingwood, Cedric A.
Al Dhafer, Hathal M.
Al mutairi, Mohammed S.
Aldawood, Abdulrahman S.
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Collingwood, Cedric A.
Al Dhafer, Hathal M.
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description Abstract. Synonymy of two Arabian Monomorium Mayr, 1855 species is proposed: Monomorium exiguum Forel, 1894 = Monomorium desertorum Collingwood & Agosti, 1996, syn. n.; Monomorium subopacum Smith, 1858 = Monomorium mintiribe Collingwood & Agosti, 1996, syn. n. A lectotype for Monomorium venustum Smith, 1858 is designated. Information on nesting habits of Monomorium exiguum and Monomorium venustum in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia are provided for the first time. Recently collected records for Monomorium exiguum, Monomorium subopacum, and Monomorium venustum from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates are listed.
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spelling pubmed-44532352015-06-05 New synonyms of two Arabian ants of the genus Monomorium Mayr, 1855 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Sharaf, Mostafa R. Collingwood, Cedric A. Al Dhafer, Hathal M. Al mutairi, Mohammed S. Aldawood, Abdulrahman S. Zookeys Research Article Abstract. Synonymy of two Arabian Monomorium Mayr, 1855 species is proposed: Monomorium exiguum Forel, 1894 = Monomorium desertorum Collingwood & Agosti, 1996, syn. n.; Monomorium subopacum Smith, 1858 = Monomorium mintiribe Collingwood & Agosti, 1996, syn. n. A lectotype for Monomorium venustum Smith, 1858 is designated. Information on nesting habits of Monomorium exiguum and Monomorium venustum in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia are provided for the first time. Recently collected records for Monomorium exiguum, Monomorium subopacum, and Monomorium venustum from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates are listed. Pensoft Publishers 2015-05-21 /pmc/articles/PMC4453235/ /pubmed/26052238 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.505.9441 Text en Mostafa R. Sharaf, Cedric A. Collingwood, Hathal M. Al Dhafer, Mohammed S. Al mutairi, Abdulrahman S. Aldawood http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Sharaf, Mostafa R.
Collingwood, Cedric A.
Al Dhafer, Hathal M.
Al mutairi, Mohammed S.
Aldawood, Abdulrahman S.
New synonyms of two Arabian ants of the genus Monomorium Mayr, 1855 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)
title New synonyms of two Arabian ants of the genus Monomorium Mayr, 1855 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)
title_full New synonyms of two Arabian ants of the genus Monomorium Mayr, 1855 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)
title_fullStr New synonyms of two Arabian ants of the genus Monomorium Mayr, 1855 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)
title_full_unstemmed New synonyms of two Arabian ants of the genus Monomorium Mayr, 1855 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)
title_short New synonyms of two Arabian ants of the genus Monomorium Mayr, 1855 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)
title_sort new synonyms of two arabian ants of the genus monomorium mayr, 1855 (hymenoptera, formicidae)
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4453235/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26052238
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.505.9441
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