Monomorium pullulum Santschi - new status

Type location Senegal (Monomorium (Xeromyrmex) salomonis L var pullula, Santschi, 1919b: 235, worker; also Santschi, 1934b: 33) collected by Claveau worker only described (see Bolton, 1987, 1995). separated by us from Monomorium areniphilum.

Santschi's (1919b) description is at . Santschi's (1934b) further note on pullula and description of lepineyi is at . Bolton's modern description, under areniphilum (1987: 336) is at .

Egypt records [possibly M. areniphilum] - Santschi (1938a: 39) Wadi Hof, 3.iv.1914, var fezzanense - worker specimens tending towards var zanoni; fezzanense was keyed out by Santschi (1936a) as TL 3 mm, head and gaster shiny and black. Bolton (1987: 336) has Siwa, collector J. Omer-Cooper.

The photomontage is of a specimen from Egypt, Wadi Rayian, Fayium, E 30°48' N 29°19', 7.xi.2001, collected by Mostafa Sharaf. Other images can be seen in the folder at -

The photomontage is of a worker from Sudan; Khordonia, Damazine Plantation, Blue Nile, 11°51' N 34°15' E, collected by J Mathew, i.vii.2001, from pyrethrum foggging of Acacia senegal. Other images can be seen in the folders at - and .