Monomorium salomonis (LINNAEUS, 1758)

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 : 346-347

Monomorium salomonis (LINNAEUS, 1758)

( Figs 50–51 )

Material examined: Kerman Province, Jiroft , 28°50'N 57°35'E, (4), April 2010. Handcollecting .

Iranian records: Hormozgan ( Ghahari et al. 2010a; Ghahari & Collingwood 2011), Khuzestan ( Modarres Awal 1997), Southern Iran ( Menozzi 1927).

Distribution: Arabian Peninsula ( Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait) and North Africa ( COLLINGWOOD 1985; COLLINGWOOD & AGOSTI 1996).

Comments: Predator of Earias insulana BOISDUVAL ( Lepidoptera : Noctuidae ) ( MODARRES AWAL 1997).

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.