Monomorium macrops
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| Monomorium macrops | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Solenopsidini |
| Genus: | Monomorium |
| Species: | M. macrops |
| Binomial name | |
| Monomorium macrops Arnold, 1944
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Identification
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Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: South Africa (type locality).
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Biology
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Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's New General Catalogue, a catalogue of the world's ants.
- macrops. Monomorium mediocre subsp. macrops Arnold, 1944: 11, fig. 17 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA. Raised to species: Bolton, 1987: 369.
Description
References
- Arnold, G. 1944. New species of African Hymenoptera. No. 5. Occas. Pap. Natl. Mus. South. Rhod. 2: 1-38 (page 11, fig. 17 worker described)
- Bolton, B. 1987. A review of the Solenopsis genus-group and revision of Afrotropical Monomorium Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Entomol. 54: 263-452 (page 369, Raised to species)
