Protonym: Monomorium asiriense
Authorship Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 342, fig. 16
Forms w.q.m.
Bioregion Afrotropic
Locality SAUDI ARABIA
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Saudi Arabia: Bishah, 20°01’N, 42°34’E, 7.iv.1983 (C.A. Collingwood). Primary type depository: unknown (perhaps WMLC).
Secondary type information Secondary type material: paratype workers (number not stated), 1 paratype queen, 1 paratype male. Secondary type localities: Saudi Arabia: Wadi Shuqub, 7.iv.1983 (C.A. Collingwood), Bishah, 7.iv.1983 (C.A. Collingwood), Al-Tawlah, 7.iv.1983 (C.A. Collingwood), An-Naamah, 8.iv.1983 (C.A. Collingwood). Secondary type depository: unknown (perhaps 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.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Monomorium asiriense Species Valid Original combination