Monomorium grassei

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Monomorium grassei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Solenopsidini
Genus: Monomorium
Species: M. grassei
Binomial name
Monomorium grassei
(Tohmé, H. & Tohmé, G., 1980)

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Specimen Labels

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Israel, Lebanon (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

Worker

Images from AntWeb

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Syntype of Epixenus grasseiQueen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0913765. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MNHN, Paris, France.

Male

Images from AntWeb

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Syntype of Epixenus grasseiMale (alate). Specimen code casent0913766. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MNHN, Paris, France.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • grassei. Epixenus grassei Tohmé, H. & Tohmé, G. 1980a: 1088, figs. 1-4 (w.q.m.) LEBANON.
    • Type-material: 1100 syntype workers, 67 syntype queens, 112 syntype males.
    • Type-locality: Lebanon: Turbol, central Bekaa, 23.x.1977 (Tohmé).
    • Type-depository: MNHN (probably also in ULBL).
    • Combination in Monomorium: Bolton, 1987: 292.
    • Status as species: Bolton, 1987: 292; Bolton, 1995b: 262; Vonshak, et al. 2009: 43; Borowiec, L. 2014: 119; Tohmé, G. & Tohmé, 2014: 136.
    • Distribution: Israel, Lebanon.

Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.

Description

Type Material

Bolton (1987) - Syntype workers, females, males, Lebanon: Turbol, central Bekaa, 23.x.1977 (Tohme & Tohme) (Musee National d'Histoire Naturelle).

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Bolton B. 1987. A review of the Solenopsis genus-group and revision of Afrotropical Monomorium Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 54: 263-452.
  • Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
  • Tohme G. 1996. Formicidae. Etude de la diversité biologique n° 4 . Ministère de l’Agriculture à Beyrouth (Eds.). P85-87.
  • Tohme G., and H. Tohme. 2014. Nouvelles liste des especes de fourmis du Liban (Hymenoptera, Formicoidea). Lebanese Science Journal 15(1): 133-141.
  • Tohmé H., and G. Tohmé. 1980. Le genre Epixenus Emery (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) et ses principaux représentants au Liban et en Syrie. Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Sect. A Zool. Biol. Écol. Anim. (4)1 1: 1087-1108.
  • Vonshak M., and A. Ionescu-Hirsch. 2009. A checklist of the ants of Israel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Israel Journal of Entomology 39: 33-55.