Monomorium desertorum Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 344 (w.) SAUDI ARABIA. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Saudi Arabia: sandy desert nr Najran, 17°30’N, 44°03’E, 10.iv.1983 (C.A. Collingwood). Primary type depository: unknown (1 “syntype” in WMLC (Sharaf et al., 2015: 52). Secondary type information: Secondary type material: paratype workers (number not stated). Secondary type locality: 1 paratype worker with same data as holotype, paratype workers Saudi Arabia: sandy desert Hofuf, 14.iv.1983 (C.A. Collingwood). Secondary type depository: 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.