Protonym: Monomorium dammame
Authorship Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 344
Forms w.
Bioregion Afrotropic
Locality SAUDI ARABIA
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Saudi Arabia: Dammam, 26°24’N, 50°11’E, 13.ix.1976 (W. Büttiker). Primary type depository: unknown (perhaps WMLC, or perhaps NHMB if Büttiker material was returned).
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: Al-Khubra, 29.v.1978 (W. Büttiker). Secondary type depository: unknown (perhaps WMLC, or perhaps NHMB if Büttiker material was returned).
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 dammame Species Valid Original combination