Protonym: Monomorium fayfaense
Authorship Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 346, fig. 17
Forms w.
Bioregion Afrotropic
Locality SAUDI ARABIA
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Saudi Arabia: Fayfa, 17°16’N, 43°05’E, 27.iii.1983 (C.A. Collingwood). Primary type depository: unknown (perhaps WMLC).
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: Khama, mangrove swamp, 1.iv.1983 (C.A. Collingwood), paratype workers Yemen: Rissabah, 18.xi.1991 (A. van Harten), paratype workers Yemen: Wadi Surdud, 29.xii.1991 (A. van Harten). Secondary type depository: unknown (perhaps WMLC).
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 present in TAUI.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Monomorium fayfaense Species Valid Original combination