Monomorium destructor (Jerdon, 1851)

Cedric A. Collingwood, Donat Agosti, Mostafa R. Sharaf & Antonius van Harten, 2011, Order Hymenoptera, family Formicidae, Arthropod fauna of the UAE 4, pp. 1-70 : 29

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1168586
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6193637
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scientific name	Monomorium destructor (Jerdon, 1851)
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Monomorium destructor (Jerdon, 1851) View in CoL

Plates 47–49 View Plates 47–49 , 57 View Plates 53–58 , 65 View Plates 64–66. 64

Specimens examined: Al-Ajban, 9.xi–7.12.2005, L & MT, AvH. Sharjah, 11–17.x.2004, at light, AvH. Sharjah Desert Park, 5–6.x.2004, AvH. Wadi Safad, 20.xii.2005–2.i.2006, WT, AvH. Al-Wathba Wetland Reserve, 23.viii.2004, AvH.

Distribution: Invasive ant species from the Old World tropics, nowadays spread worldwide ( Wetterer, 2009b). Recorded from the UAE by Collingwood, Tigar & Agosti (1997). In the Arabian Peninsula also known from Saudi Arabia, Oman and Yemen.

References

Collingwood, C. A., B. J. Tigar & D. Agosti (1997): Introduced ants in the United Arab Emirates. Journal of Arid Environments, 37: 505 - 512.

Wetterer, J. K. (2009 b): Worldwide spread of the destroyer ant, Monomorium destructor (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecological News, 12: 97 - 108.

Figures

Plates 47–49.Monomorium destructor(Jerdon).(Photographsby A. Nobile,© www.antweb.org)

Plates 53–58. Heads in dorsal view. 53: Pachycondyla sennaarensis (Mayr); 54: Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius); 55:Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel; 56:Monomorium baushare Collingwood & Agosti.; 57: Monomorium destructor (Jerdon); 58: Pheidole teneriffana Forel.(Photographs © Fauna of Arabia)

Plates 64–66. 64: Monomorium baushare Collingwood & Agosti.; 65: Monomorium destructor (Jerdon); 66:Pheidole teneriffana Forel.(Photographs © Fauna ofArabia)