Monomorium brasiliense
Monomorium brasiliense | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Solenopsidini |
Genus: | Monomorium |
Species: | M. brasiliense |
Binomial name | |
Monomorium brasiliense Forel, 1908 |
Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -22.908° to -22.908°.
North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Brazil (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.
- brasiliense. Monomorium minutum subsp. brasiliense Forel, 1908c: 361 (w.) BRAZIL (Rio de Janeiro).
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: Brazil: Rio de Janeiro (C. Naegeli).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- Subspecies of minutum: Emery, 1922e: 172; Borgmeier, 1927c: 98; Ettershank, 1966: 88; Kempf, 1972a: 144.
- Subspecies of monomorium: Brandão, 1991: 357.
- Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 260; Fernández, 2007b: 132.
- Distribution: Brazil.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 260, Raised to species)
- Brandão, C. R. F. 1991. Adendos ao catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Rev. Bras. Entomol. 35: 319-412 (page 357, Subspecies of monomorium)
- Forel, A. 1908h. Ameisen aus Sao Paulo (Brasilien), Paraguay etc. gesammelt von Prof. Herm. v. Ihering, Dr. Lutz, Dr. Fiebrig, etc. Verh. K-K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 58: 340-418 (page 361, worker described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).