Monomorium hesperium lanzarotense

Monomorium hesperium lanzarotense
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Solenopsidini
Genus:	Monomorium
Species:	M. hesperium
Subspecies:	M. hesperium lanzarotense
Trinomial name
	Monomorium hesperium lanzarotense; Wheeler, W.M., 1927

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 29.183333° to 29.151111°.


North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Canary Islands (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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.

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.

Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

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

lanzarotense. Monomorium (Xeromyrmex) hesperium var. lanzarotense Wheeler, W.M. 1927g: 107 (w.) SPAIN (Canary Is).
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “numerous specimens”).
- Type-locality: Spain: Canary Is., Lanzarote I., Cuesta de Malpaso, above Haria, ca 1000 ft, vii.-viii.1925 (W.M. Wheeler).
- Type-depository: MCZC.
- Subspecies of hesperium: Wellenius, 1955: 7; Ettershank, 1966: 90; Báez & Ortega, 1978: 190; Barquin Diez, 1981: 161; Hohmann, et al. 1993: 154; Bolton, 1995b: 263.
- Distribution: Spain (Canary Is).

Description

References

Wheeler, W. M. 1927g. The ants of the Canary Islands. Proc. Am. Acad. Arts Sci. 62: 93-120 (page 107, worker described)