Monomorium areniphilum SANTSCHI, 1911

Ghahari, Hassan, Sharaf, Mostafar R., Aldawood, Abdulrahman S. & Collingwood, Cedric Alex, 2015, A contribution to the study of the ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Eastern Iran, Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 65 (2), pp. 341-359 : 346

Monomorium areniphilum SANTSCHI, 1911

( Figs 48–49 )

Material examined: South Khorasan Province, Birjand , 32°32'N 58°50'E, (1), September 2009. Handcollecting. Iranian records : Mazandaran ( Ghahari et al. 2009).

Distribution: Palearctic Region, North Africa (COLLING- WOOD 1985), Arabian Peninsula ( Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Yemen) ( COLLINGWOOD & AGOSTI 1996), Afrotropical region ( Sudan, Mali, Niger, Senegal) ( BOLTON 1987).

Figures

Figs 48–53: 48,49 Monomoriumareniphilum(casent0913555,Holotype);48 Head in full-faceview,49 Bodyinprofile,Photographer: Will Ericson; 50, 51 Monomoriumsalomonis (casent0913835,Holotype),50 Head infull-face view,51 Body in profile,Photographer: Will Ericson; 52, 53 Mesoponera ambigua (casent0006209, Madagascar),52 Head in full-face view,53 Body in profile,Photographer: April Nobile.