Monomorium silvestrii
Monomorium silvestrii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Solenopsidini |
Genus: | Monomorium |
Species: | M. silvestrii |
Binomial name | |
Monomorium silvestrii Wheeler, W.M., 1927 |
This species may belong to the genus Syllophopsis rather than Monomorium (Bolton, unpublished).
Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 21.216667° to 21.216667°.
North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: Vietnam (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.
- silvestrii. Monomorium silvestrii Wheeler, W.M. 1927h: 87, fig. 2 (w.) VIETNAM.
- Type-material: 9 syntype workers.
- Type-locality: 6 syntypes Vietnam (“Indochina”): Yen Bay (F. Silvestri), 3 other syntypes Vietnam: Van Phu (F. Silvestri).
- Type-depository: MCZC.
- [Note: this may be a Syllophopsis species.]
- Status as species: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 167; Ettershank, 1966: 92; Bolton, 1995b: 267.
- Distribution; Vietnam.
Description
References
- Wheeler, W. M. 1927h. Ants collected by Professor F. Silvestri in Indochina. Boll. Lab. Zool. Gen. Agrar. R. Sc. Super. Agric. 20: 83-106 (page 87, fig. 2 worker described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Chapman, J. W., and Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327
- Eguchi K.; Bui T. V.; Yamane S. 2011. Generic synopsis of the Formicidae of Vietnam (Insecta: Hymenoptera), part I Myrmicinae and Pseudomyrmecinae. Zootaxa 2878: 1-61.
- Ogata K. 2005. Asian ant inventory and international networks. Report on Insect inventory Project in Tropic Asia TAIIV: 145-170.