Monomorium sommieri

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Monomorium sommieri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Solenopsidini
Genus: Monomorium
Species: M. sommieri
Binomial name
Monomorium sommieri
Emery, 1908

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Specimen Labels

Synonyms

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 37.5° to 27.561528°.

   
North
Temperate 		North
Subtropical 		Tropical South
Subtropical 		South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Israel, Tunisia (type locality), Türkiye.

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.

  • sommieri. Monomorium salomonis var. sommieri Emery, 1916b: 161.
    • Type-material: holotype worker.
    • Type-locality: Italy: Lampedusa I., iii.6 (= 1906) (Sommier).
    • Type-depository: MSNG.
    • [First available use of Monomorium salomonis subsp. salomonis var. sommieri Emery, 1908h: 676 (w.) TUNISIA; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
    • Combination in M. (Xeromyrmex): Emery, 1916b: 161.
    • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1922e: 177.
    • Subspecies of salomonis: Santschi, 1921e: 170; Kutter, 1928: 66; Menozzi, 1929e: 125; Menozzi, 1934: 160; Finzi, 1936: 176; Santschi, 1936a: 58; Bernard, 1948: 145; Bernard, 1953a: 161; Baroni Urbani, 1971c: 91; Ettershank, 1966: 92; Bolton, 1995b: 267.
    • Status as species: Mei, 1995: 763; Poldi, et al. 1995: 4; Vonshak, et al. 2009: 43; Kiran & Karaman, 2012: 21; Borowiec, L. 2014: 126; Lebas, et al. 2016: 304.
    • Senior synonym of atrata: Emery, 1916b: 161; Santschi, 1921e: 170; Emery, 1922e: 177; Bolton, 1995b: 267.
    • Distribution: Israel, Italy, Tunisia.
  • atrata. Monomorium salomonis var. atrata Santschi, 1912c: 147 (w.) TUNISIA.
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “1 nest”).
    • Type-localities: Tunisia: Kairouan, Oued-Zeroud (F. Santschi), “other examples” Tunisia: Tozeur (F. Santschi).
    • Type-depository: NHMB.
    • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Santschi, 1936a: 53.
    • Subspecies of salomonis: Viehmeyer, 1923: 91.
    • Status as species: Kugler, J. 1988: 258.
    • Junior synonym of sommieri: Emery, 1916b: 161; Santschi, 1921e: 170; Emery, 1922e: 177; Bolton, 1995b: 259.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Abdul-Rassoul M. S., H. A. Dawah, and N. Y. Othman. 1978. Records of insect collection (Part I) in the natural history research centre, Baghdad. Bull. Nat. Hist. Res. Centre 7(2): 1-6.
  • Bakr R. F. A., H. H. Fadl, R. M. Badawy, and M. R. Sharaf. 2007. Myrmecophile insects associated with some ant species (Hymenoptera : Formicidae )in Egypt. The second international conference of economic entomology (Entomological Society of Egypt) ,Cairo, Egypt, 8-11 December, (1): 205-233.
  • 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.
  • Bernard F. 1953. Les fourmis du Tassili des Ajjer. Pp. 121-250 in: Bernard, F. (ed.) 1953. Mission scientifique au Tassili des Ajjer (1949). Volume I. Recherches zoologiques et médicales. Paris: P. Lechevalier, 302 pp.
  • 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. 1916. Fauna entomologica italiana. I. Hymenoptera.-Formicidae. Bullettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 47: 79-275.
  • 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.
  • Ghigi, A. "Elenco descrittivo del Materiale zoologico racolto in : L Cirenaica geografica, economica, politica; a cura dil Olinto Marinelli." Milano (A. Valvar (1923): 249-261.
  • Kiran K., and C. Karaman. 2012. First annotated checklist of the ant fauna of Turkey (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 3548: 1-38.
  • Kugler J. 1988. The zoogeography of Israel. 9. The zoogeography of social insects of Israel and Sinai. Monographiae biologicae 62: 251-275.
  • Mei M. 1995. Arthropoda di Lampedusa, Linosa e Pantelleria (Canale di Sicilia, Mar Mediterraneo). Hymenoptera Formicidae (con diagnosi di due nuove specie). Il Naturalista Siciliano (4)19(suppl.): 753-772.
  • Menozzi C. 1929. Formiche del Sinai raccolte dal Dr. F. S. Bodenheimer, con descrizione di una nuova specie di Monomorium del sottogen. Equestrimessor. Pp. 125-128 in: Bodenheimer, F. S., Theodor, O. Ergebnisse der Sinai-Expedition 1927 der Hebräischen Universität, Jerusalem. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'schum, 142 pp.
  • Menozzi C. 1934. Reperti mirmecofaunistici raccolti dal Prof. L di Caporiacco nelle oasi di Cufra e in altre localita del deserto Libico. Atti della Societa dei Naturalisti e Matematici di Modena (6)13(65): 153-166
  • Poldi B., M. Mei, and F. Rigato. 1995. Hymenoptera, Formicidae. Vol 102. Checklist delle specie della fauna Italiana: 1-10.
  • Santschi, F. 1912. Quelques nouvelles variétés de fourmis africaines. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord 3: 147-149.
  • Santschi, F. 1936. Étude sur les fourmis du genre Monomorium Mayr. Bulletin de la Société des Sciences Naturelles du Maroc 16: 32-64
  • Santschi, F. "Quelques nouvelles variétés de fourmis africaines." Bulletin de la Société d' Histoire Naturelle de l' Afrique du Nord 3 (1912): 147-149.
  • Vonshak M., and A. Ionescu-Hirsch. 2009. A checklist of the ants of Israel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Israel Journal of Entomology 39: 33-55.
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