Monomorium advena

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Monomorium advena
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Solenopsidini
Genus: Monomorium
Species: M. advena
Binomial name
Monomorium advena
Brown & Wilson, 1957

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Specimen Labels

Synonyms

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Iberian Peninsula, Israel (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.
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Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.
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Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • andrei. Epixenus andrei Emery, 1908f: 557, fig. 5 (q.m.) ISRAEL.
    • Type-material: holotype ergatoid queen.
    • Type-locality: Israel: Babel Uad, between Jaffa and Jerusalem.
    • Type-depository: MNHN.
    • [Junior secondary homonym of Monomorium andrei Saunders, E. 1890: 204.]
    • Tohmé, H. & Tohmé, G. 1980a: 1097 (w.).
    • Status as species: Emery, 1922e: 185; Menozzi, 1933b: 66; Bernard, 1955b: 282 (in key); Kutter, 1968b: 203; Tohmé, H. & Tohmé, G. 1980a: 1096.
    • Replacement name: Monomorium advena Brown & Wilson, 1957b: 244.
  • advena. Monomorium advena Brown & Wilson, 1957b: 244.
    • Replacement name for Epixenus andrei Emery, 1908f: 557. [Junior secondary homonym of Monomorium andrei Saunders, E. 1890: 204.]
    • Tohmé, H. & Tohmé, G. 1980a: 1097 (w.).
    • Status as species: Ettershank, 1966: 87; Tohmé, H. & Tohmé, G. 1980a: 1097; Kugler, J. 1988: 258; Bolton, 1995b: 258; Vonshak, et al. 2009: 43; Borowiec, L. 2014: 114.
    • Distribution: Israel, Lebanon.

Description

References

  • Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
  • Brown, W. L., Jr.; Wilson, E. O. 1957b. A new parasitic ant of the genus Monomorium from Alabama, with a consideration of the status of genus Epixenus Emery. Entomol. News 68: 239-246 (page 244, replacement name)
  • Emery, C. 1908g. Beiträge zur Monographie der Formiciden des paläarktischen Faunengebietes. (Hym.) Teil IV. Parasitische und Gast-Myrmicinen mit Ausnahme von Strongylognathus. Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 1908: 549-558 (page 557, Replacement name for Epixenus andrei)
  • Saunders, E. 1890. Aculeate Hymenoptera collected by J. J. Walker, Esq., R.N., F.L.S., at Gibraltar and in North Africa. (Part I - Heterogyna). Entomol. Mon. Mag. 26: 201-205 (page 204, Junior secondary homonym of Monomorium andrei)
  • Tohmé, H.; Tohmé, G. 1980a [1979]. Le genre Epixenus Emery (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) et ses principaux représentants au Liban et en Syrie. Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Sect. A Zool. Biol. Écol. Anim. (4)1 1: 1087-1108 (page 1097, worker described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
  • Ettershank G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Aust. J. Zool. 14: 73-171.
  • Kugler J. 1988. The zoogeography of Israel. 9. The zoogeography of social insects of Israel and Sinai. Monographiae biologicae 62: 251-275.
  • Tohme G. 1996. Formicidae. Etude de la diversité biologique n° 4 . Ministère de l’Agriculture à Beyrouth (Eds.). P85-87.
  • Tohmé H., and G. Tohmé. 1980. Le genre Epixenus Emery (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) et ses principaux représentants au Liban et en Syrie. Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Sect. A Zool. Biol. Écol. Anim. (4)1 1: 1087-1108.
  • Vonshak M., and A. Ionescu-Hirsch. 2009. A checklist of the ants of Israel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Israel Journal of Entomology 39: 33-55.