Monomorium venustum (F Smith)

Type location Syria (Myrmica venustum, F Smith, 1858b: 126, worker; André, 1881b: 66, queen & male) no location - see below.

F Smith's (1858b) description is at . André's (1881b) description is at and . Emery (1908h: 671) gave a description, this is at . Santschi (1936a: 45) trying to unravel the complexities of "salomonis" agreed with André that the salomonis of Roger (1862) was M. venustum F Smith and not salomonis Linnaeus.

The photomontage is of a syntype worker collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0902221

Egypt Records - Menozzi (1929e: 125) reported a few workers, collected in Sinai, at Wadi Feran, by F S Bodenheimer. The worker photographed by Mostafa Sharaf seems to match the limited descriptions, notably the alitrunk profile and deep metanotal groove.

Oxford University Museum specimens

Monomorium venustum B Taylor det.	Egypt M Sharaf	1.iv.1998 Sinai 28°33' N 33°56' E	Wadi Sahab	1
Monomorium venustum B Taylor det.	Egypt A Shepherd Blank R	2010 Sinai 28°33' N 33°56' E	St Katherine protectorate around the town of St Katherine, in mountains above 1500m	2
Monomorium venustum B Taylor det.	Egypt O Norfolk 06	2010 Sinai 28°33' N 33°56' E	St Katherine protectorate Pitfall trap in wadi garden	2

The photomontage is of a worker from Egypt, Wadi Sahab; collector Mostafa Sharaf.

The photomontage is of a worker from Egypt, Sinai, St Katerhine's; collector Olivia Norfolk (06).

The photomontage is of a worker from Egypt, Sinai, St Katerhine's; collector Amy Shepherd (Blank R)