Monomorium destructor (Jerdon, 1851) Fig. 10

Atta destructor Jerdon, 1851 . - Madras J. Lit. Sci. 17: 105. (India).

Monomorium destructor . - COLLINGWOOD & VAN HARTEN 1994: 39.

Specimens examined: Yemen, Socotra Island:spms from Adho Dimello, III.1967, K.M. Guichard, NHMB ; spms from Mouri, IV.1997, W. Wranik, CWWR ; spms from Farmihin, 24.IX.1998, W. Wranik, CWWR ; spms from Diasma, 30.IX.1998, W. Wranik, CWWR ; nest sample, Adho Dimello, base camp, 12°34'N 54°02'E, 940 m, 03.II.1999, H. Pohl, HLMD-Hym-2079, NHCY ; spms from Mogasu, 03.III.1999, W. Wranik, CWWR ; 7 ☿☿, Wadi Daneghan, 12°37'N 54°04'E, 90 m, pitfall traps, 28-30.X.2000, A. van Harten & H. Pohl, HLMD-Hym-2081, NHCY . - Yemen, Abd al-Kuri Island: many ☿☿, west coast, 12°10'N 53°15E, above 200 m, 18.II.1999, H. Pohl, HLMD-Hym-2080, NHCY .

Remarks: As another commonly transferred species, M. destructor has been particularly successful in south-east Asia and on islands throughout the tropics. Recent sampling has proved it also to be common in Arabia (Collingwood & Agosti 1996). Its origin is probably the Indian subcontinent. Larger colonies may contain several sizes of workers. They usually have yellowish alitrunks and darker gasters.