Monomorium salomonis subnitidum

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Monomorium salomonis subnitidum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Solenopsidini
Genus: Monomorium
Species: M. salomonis
Subspecies: M. salomonis subnitidum
Trinomial name
Monomorium salomonis subnitidum
Emery, 1895

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 35.674444° to 32.3°.

   
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Algeria (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.

  • subnitidum. Monomorium salomonis var. subnitidum Emery, 1895b: 66 (w.q.) ALGERIA.
    • Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated).
    • Type-locality: Algeria: Biskra (Noualhier).
    • Type-depository: MSNG.
    • [Monomorium minutum var. subnitidum Wasmann, 1894: 165. Nomen nudum (attributed to Emery).]
    • Forel, 1908a: 13 (m.).
    • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1908h: 676; Emery, 1922e: 177; Finzi, 1936: 178.
    • Subspecies of salomonis: Forel, 1905b: 174; Forel, 1908a: 13; Forel, 1909e: 381; Karavaiev, 1910b: 59; Stitz, 1917: 346; Santschi, 1921e: 169; Santschi, 1929c: 100; Santschi, 1929g: 165; Santschi, 1936a: 59; Bernard, 1953a: 161; Ettershank, 1966: 92; Bolton, 1995b: 267.
    • Distribution: Algeria, Morocco.

Description

References

  • Emery, C. 1895n. Sopra alcune formiche della fauna mediterranea. Mem. R. Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna (5)5:59-75 (page 66, worker, queen described)
  • Forel, A. 1908b. Fourmis de Ceylan et d'Égypte récoltées par le Prof. E. Bugnion. Lasius carniolicus. Fourmis de Kerguelen. Pseudandrie? Strongylognathus testaceus. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 44: 1-22 (page 13, male described)
  • Santschi, F. 1936a. Étude sur les fourmis du genre Monomorium Mayr. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Maroc 16: 32-64 (page 59, Stirps of salomonis)