Monomorium medinae

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Monomorium medinae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Solenopsidini
Genus: Monomorium
Species: M. medinae
Binomial name
Monomorium medinae
Forel, 1892

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Specimen Labels

Synonyms

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 28.5° to 28.116667°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Canary Islands (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

Colonies can produce ergatoid queens.

Images from AntWeb

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Syntype of Xenhyboma mystesQueen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0913816. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland.

Nomenclature

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

  • medinae. Monomorium medinae Forel, 1892g: 454 (w.) SPAIN (Canary Is).
    • Type-material: holotype worker.
    • Type-locality: Spain: Canary Is, Tenerife, Laguna (M. Medina).
    • Type-depository: MHNG.
    • Combination in M. (Xeromyrmex): Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 869.
    • Status as species: Forel, 1894a: 162; Emery, 1908h: 679; Arnold, 1916: 219; Emery, 1922e: 177; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 869; Wheeler, W.M. 1927g: 107; Wellenius, 1955: 8; Ettershank, 1966: 90; Báez & Ortega, 1978: 190; Barquin Diez, 1981: 163; Espadaler, 1982b: 112; Bolton, 1987: 294; Hohmann, et al. 1993: 154; Bolton, 1995b: 264; Borowiec, L. 2014: 122.
    • Senior synonym of mystes: Espadaler, 1982b: 112; Bolton, 1995b: 264.
    • Distribution: Spain (Canary Is).
  • mystes. Xenhyboma mystes Santschi, 1919g: 405, fig. 2 (q.) SPAIN (Canary Is).
    • Type-material: holotype queen.
    • Type-locality: Spain: Canary Is, Tenerife, Laguna, 10.iv.1918 (A. Cabrera y Diaz).
    • Type-depository: NHMB.
    • Combination in Monomorium: Ettershank, 1966: 91.
    • Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1927g: 109; Wellenius, 1955: 9Ettershank, 1966: 91; Kutter, 1968b: 203; Kutter, 1973a: 321; Báez & Ortega, 1978: 190; Barquin Diez, 1981: 212.
    • Junior synonym of medinae: Espadaler, 1982b: 112; Bolton, 1987: 293; Bolton, 1995b: 264.

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) - Holotype worker, Canary Islands: Teneriffe , Laguna (Medina) (MHN) [examined].

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Barech G., M. Khaldi, X. Espadaler, and H. Cagniant. 2017. The genus Monomorium Mayr, 1855 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the Maghreb (North Africa): Identification key, redescription of Monomorium major Bernard, 1953 and new records from Algeria. Boletin de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 61: 151-157.
  • Barquín, J. Las hormigas de Canarias. Taxonomia, ecologia y distribucion de los Formicidae In Secretariado de publicaciones de la Universidad de La Laguna, Colección Monografías Nº 3. Tenerife: Universidad de La Laguna, 1981.
  • 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.
  • Emery, C. "Beiträge zur Monographie der Formiciden des paläarktischen Faunengebietes. (Hym.) Teil V. Monomorium." Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1908 (1908): 663-686.
  • Ettershank G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Aust. J. Zool. 14: 73-171.
  • Forel A. 1893. Nouvelles fourmis d'Australie et des Canaries. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 37: 454-466.
  • Forel, A. "Nouvelles fourmis d'Australie et des Canaries." Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 37 (1893): 454-466.
  • Hohmann H., F. La Roche, G. Ortega, and J. Barquín. 1993. Bienen, Wespen und Ameisen der Kanarischen Inseln. Veröff. Überseemus. Bremen Naturwiss. 12: 14.
  • Kutter, H. "Über Xenhyboma mystes Santschi." Mitteilungen der Schweirzerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 45 (1973): 321-324.
  • Santschi, F. "Fourmis d'Espagne et des Canaries." Boletín de la Real Sociedad española de Historia natural (Madrid) 19 (1919): 241-248.
  • Santschi, F. "Trois nouvelles fourmis des Canaries." Boletín de la Real Sociedad española de Historia natural (Madrid) 19 (1919): 405-407.
  • Wellenius, O. H. "Entomologische Ergebnisse der finnländischen Kanaren-Expedition 1947-1951. No. 10. Formicidae Insularum Canariensium. Systematik, Ökologie und Verbreitung der Kanarischen Formiciden." Commentationes Biologicae Societas Scienitarum Fennica 15(8) (1955): 1-20.
  • Wheeler W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 711-1004