Monomorium mayri Forel, 1902

Sharaf, Mostafa R., Abdel-Dayem, Mahmoud S., Al Dhafer, Hathal M. & Aldawood, Abdulrahman S., 2013, The ants (Hymenoptera: formicidae) of Rawdhat Khorim Nature Preserve, Saudi Arabia, with description of a new species of the genus Tetramorium Mayr, Zootaxa 3709 (6), pp. 565-580 : 574

Monomorium mayri Forel, 1902

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Monomorium gracillimum var. mayri Forel, 1902: 209 . Raised to species, senior synonym of Monomorium karawajewi Wheeler : Bolton, 1987: 326.

Monomorium mayri is considered one of the most common ant species of the Arabian Peninsula. It has been reported from Saudi Arabia, Oman and Yemen ( Collingwood, 1985; Collingwood and Agosti, 1996), and UAE ( Tigar and Collingwood, 1993). Monomorium mayri , a common species at Rawdhat Khorim, exhibits high abundances from April to October, peaking in June and slowly declining from November to March.

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FIGURE 5. a, b Cataglyphis minima (CASENT0249862, Saudi Arabia), c, d, Cataglyphis niger (CASENT0280330, Yemen); e, f, Messor ebeninus (CASENT0249861, Saudi Arabia); g, h, Monomorium mayri (CASENT0249904, India).