Monomorium niloticum Emery 1881

Extant: 1 valid subspecies

Monomorium niloticum Emery, 1881b PDF: 533 (w.) EGYPT. Palearctic. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Combination in Monomorium (Xeromyrmex): Emery, 1922c PDF: 179.Subspecies of Monomorium venustum: Forel, 1910a PDF: 6; Wheeler & Mann, 1916 PDF: 170; Stitz, 1917 PDF: 346; Emery, 1922c PDF: 179; Finzi, 1936 PDF: 175.Status as species: André, 1883a: 334 (in key); Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 67; Emery, 1908j PDF: 678; Santschi, 1936a PDF: 37; Ettershank, 1966 PDF: 91; Collingwood, 1985 PDF: 272; Kugler, 1988: 258; Bolton, 1995b: 265; Collingwood & Agosti, 1996 PDF: 352; Mohamed et al., 2001 PDF: 52; Vonshak & Ionescu-Hirsch, 2009 PDF: 43; Collingwood et al., 2011 PDF: 435; Borowiec, 2014 PDF: 123 (see note in bibliography); Sharaf et al., 2018 10.20362/am.010004 PDF: 26.

Monomorium niloticum Emery , 1881: Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Giacomo. Doria 16:531.

Monomorium venustum nilotica, Forel , 1910: Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg.54:6.

World distribution: Egypt

Distribution in Egypt: Gebel Elba and Sinai.

Material examined: W.El-Arbaein: 1.IV. 1998 (3), 3.V.1998 (11), 13.VII.1998 (4), 11.VIII. 1998 (7), 15.XI.1998 (11), W.El-Talaa: 3.V.1998 (3), 13.VII.1998 (6), 11.VIII.1998 (10), 9.IX.1998 (4), Sahab: 18.11.1998 (10), 19.11.1998 (12), 1.IV.1998 (9), 2.V.1998 (5), 12.VII.1998 (6), 13.VII.1998 (15), 10.VIII.1998 (16), 11.VIII.1998 (8), 14.XI.1998 (10), 15.XI.1998 (9), (Ain Coll.).