Monomorium matame Collingwood & Agosti, 1996 junior synonym of current valid taxon Monomorium niloticum Emery, 1881
Monomorium matame Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 350, fig. 22 (w.) OMAN. Palearctic.
Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Oman: Wadi Matam, 1.ii.1986 (M.D. Gallagher). Primary type depository: WMLC. Primary type specimen: CASENT0922325. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: paratype workers (number not stated). Secondary type locality: paratype workers with same data as holotype, paratype workers Saudi Arabia: Nuayriyah, 20.v.1980 (W. Büttiker), paratype workers Yemen: Sana’a, ii.1991 (A. van Harten). Secondary type depository: perhaps NHMB if Büttiker material was returned, perhaps also ONHM if Gallagher material has been retained there). Type notes: 1) 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. 2) Some van Harten material is in TAUI.
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