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Monomorium liliuokalanii
| Monomorium liliuokalanii | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Solenopsidini |
| Genus: | Monomorium |
| Species: | M. liliuokalanii |
| Binomial name | |
| Monomorium liliuokalanii Forel, 1899
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| Synonyms | |
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Heterick & Kitching (2022) collected this species in the canopy of a lowland dipterocarp forest in Brunei.
| At a Glance | • Invasive |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Brunei Darussalam, Hawaii (type locality), Niue, Samoa, Tokelau, Tonga.
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. |
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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
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| Worker. Specimen code casent0103257. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by CAS, San Francisco, CA, USA. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- liliuokalanii. Monomorium minutum var. liliuokalanii Forel, 1899a: 119 (w.) HAWAII.
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: Hawaii Is: Honolulu (no collector’s name).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- [Misspelled as liliuokalauii by Forel, 1901b: 12; misspelled as liliukalauii by Dahl, 1901: 19, Forel, 1909d: 225; misspelled as liliukalanii by Chapman & Capco, 1951: 167.]
- Subspecies of minutum: Forel, 1901b: 12; Forel, 1909d: 225; Viehmeyer, 1916a: 132; Emery, 1922e: 172; Wheeler, W.M. 1924b: 246; Wheeler, W.M. 1932c: 159; Wheeler, W.M. 1932d: 16; Wheeler, W.M. 1934h: 13; Wheeler, W.M. 1935g: 23; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 167; Ettershank, 1966: 90.
- Junior synonym of minutum: Wilson & Taylor, 1967: 67.
- Status as species: Bolton, 1987: 288; Bolton, 1995b: 264; Wetterer, 2002: 128; Wetterer & Vargo, 2003: 416; Wetterer, 2006: 415; Ramage, 2014: 166.
- Senior synonym of samoanum: Bolton, 1987: 288; Bolton, 1995b: 264; Ramage, 2014: 166.
- Distribution: French Polynesia, Hawaii Is, Niue, Samoa, Tonga.
- samoanum. Monomorium minutum var. samoanum Santschi, 1928a: 46, fig. 2b (w.) SAMOA (Upolu I.).
- Type-material: holotype (?) worker.
- [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
- Type-locality: Samoa: Upolu, Apia (Swezey & Wilder).
- Type-depository: NHMB.
- Subspecies of minutum: Wheeler, W.M. 1935g: 23; Wheeler, W.M. 1936f: 9; Ettershank, 1966: 92.
- Junior synonym of minutum: Wilson & Taylor, 1967: 67.
- Junior synonym of liliuokalanii: Bolton, 1987: 288; Bolton, 1995b: 266; Ramage, 2014: 166.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1987. A review of the Solenopsis genus-group and revision of Afrotropical Monomorium Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Entomol. 54: 263-452 (page 288, Revived from synonymy, raised to species, and senior synonym of samoanum)
- Forel, A. 1899a. Heterogyna (Formicidae). Fauna Hawaii. 1: 116-122 (page 119, worker described)
- Forel, A. 1909i. Ameisen aus Java und Krakatau beobachtet und gesammelt von Herrn Edward Jacobson. Notes Leyden Mus. 31: 221-232 (page 225, Subspecies of minutum)
- Heterick, B.E., Kitching, R.L. 2022. The ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of a one-hectare plot of lowland dipterocarp forest. Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine 158(4), 261–272 (doi:10.31184/m00138908.1584.4153).
- Wilson, E. O.; Taylor, R. W. 1967b. The ants of Polynesia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pac. Insects Monogr. 14: 1-109 (page 67, Junior synonym of minutum)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Overbeck H. 1924. A List of Ants from Singapore and Neighbouring Places. Journal of the Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 2 (1): 25-40.
- Viehmeyer H. 1916. Ameisen von Singapore. Beobachtet und gesammelt von H. Overbeck. Archiv für Naturgeschichte (A)81(8):108-168.