Protonym: Monomorium (Xeromyrmex) subopacum var. phoenicum
Authorship Santschi, 1927e: 242
Forms w.q.
Bioregion Palearctic
Locality LEBANON, EGYPT, ISRAEL
Primary type information Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated). Primary type localities: Lebanon, Beyroth (= Beirut) 5.viii.1933 (Santschi), Lebanon: Tripoli (no collector’s name), Egypt: Suez (no collector’s name), Israel (“Palestine”) (no further data). Primary type depositories: MSNG, NHMB. Primary type specimen: CASENT0249831 (NHMB).
Type notes A “syntype” specimen NHMB cited by Sharaf et al., 2021: 26, bears the data Lebanon: Beyroth, 5.viii.1933; this is not type material but rather has its origin in Santschi, 1934d: 277.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Monomorium phoenicum Species Synonym
junior synonym of current valid taxon Monomorium bicolor Emery, 1877
Monomorium subopacum phoenicum Subspecies Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Monomorium phoenicum Santschi, 1927
Original combination