Monomorium chilense

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Monomorium chilense
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Solenopsidini
Genus: Monomorium
Species: M. chilense
Binomial name
Monomorium chilense
Fernández, 2007

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MCZ-ENT00031555 Megalomyrmex bicolor had.jpg

Specimen Label

Synonyms

This species nests under rocks or in dead branches of dead, standing trees. Ground nests are typically one or two chambers. Mature colonies contain a single queen and up to 500 workers.

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -29.904529° to -33.72990561°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Chile (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.

  • bicolor. Megalomyrmex bicolor Ettershank, 1965: 55, figs. 1-5 (w.l.) CHILE.
    • Type-material: holotype worker, 3 paratype workers.
    • Type-locality: holotype Chile: Coquimbo Prov., Pachon Peak (Cerro Pachon), nr La Serena, 8500±100 ft (E. Ackerman); paratypes with same data.
    • Type-depository: MCZC.
    • [Junior secondary homonym of Monomorium bicolor Emery, 1877b: 368.]
    • Combination in Nothidris: Snelling, R.R. 1975: 3;
    • combination in Monomorium: Fernández, in Heterick, 2006: 79.
    • Status as species: Ettershank, 1966: 105; Kempf, 1970a: 23; Kempf, 1970b: 359 (redescription); Kempf, 1972a: 139; Snelling, R.R. & Hunt, 1976: 81; Brandão, 1991: 361; Bolton, 1995b: 259.
    • Replacement name: Monomorium chilensis Fernández, 2007b: 132.
  • chilense. Monomorium chilensis Fernández, 2007b: 132.
    • Replacement name for Megalomyrmex bicolor Ettershank, 1965: 55. [Junior secondary homonym of Monomorium bicolor Emery, 1877b: 368.]
    • Distribution: Chile.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Kempf W. W. 1970. Catálogo das formigas do Chile. Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo) 23: 17-43.
  • Kempf W. W. 1970. Taxonomic notes on ants of the genus Megalomyrmex Forel, with the description of new species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Studia Entomologica 13: 353-364.
  • Snelling R. R., and J. H. Hunt. 1975. The ants of Chile (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Revista Chilena de Entomología 9: 63-129.