Monomorium intrudens pieli

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Monomorium intrudens pieli
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Solenopsidini
Genus: Monomorium
Species: M. intrudens
Subspecies: M. intrudens pieli
Trinomial name
Monomorium intrudens pieli
Santschi, 1925

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: China (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.

  • pieli. Monomorium pieli Santschi, 1925f: 87 (w.) CHINA (Shanghai).
    • Type-material: 6 syntype workers.
    • Type-locality: China: Zi-Ka-Wei (nr Shanghai) (R.P.O. Piel).
    • Type-depository: NHMB.
    • Status as species: Ettershank, 1966: 91.
    • Subspecies of nipponense: Wheeler, W.M. 1930h: 67; Eidmann, 1941: 20; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 167.
    • Subspecies of intrudens Smith, F.: Bolton, 1995b: 266.
    • Distribution: China.

Description

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 266, Subspecies of intrudens)
  • Santschi, F. 1925f. Contribution à la faune myrmécologique de la Chine. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 56: 81-96 (page 87, worker described)
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1930k. A list of the known Chinese ants. Peking Nat. Hist. Bull. 5: 53-81 (page 67, Subspecies of nipponense)