Monomorium andrei

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Monomorium andrei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Solenopsidini
Genus: Monomorium
Species: M. andrei
Binomial name
Monomorium andrei
Saunders, E., 1890

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Specimen Labels

Subspecies

This species is known in the western Mediterranean region: Algeria, Gibraltar, Spain (including Balearic Islands), and Lebanon (Borowiec, 2014; Tohmé & Tohmé, 2014). In Algeria, two subspecies can be distinguished: Monomorium andrei bernardi in Tassili and Monomorium andrei fur in Oran (Barech et al, 2017). In Morocco, the species was recently captured for the first time, in an oasis in the south of the country (Taheri, El Mahroussi, Reyes-López, Bennas & Brito, 2021). So far, it was only detected in human-disturbed areas and could be considered as an introduced species. In Marrakech, it was collected using the sifting leaf litter method and in Ksar El Kbeir by pitfall trap. (Taheri & Reyes-Lopez, 2023)

At a Glance • Limited invasive  

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 37.5903845° to 30.664444°.

   
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Temperate
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Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Balearic Islands, Gibraltar (type locality), Iberian Peninsula, Spain.

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.

  • andrei. Monomorium andrei Saunders, E. 1890: 204 (w.) GIBRALTAR.
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “several”).
    • Type-locality: Gibraltar: (J.J. Walker).
    • Type-depository: BMNH.
    • Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 65; Wasmann, 1894: 162; Emery, 1908h: 682; Emery, 1922e: 171; Ceballos, 1956: 305; Ettershank, 1966: 87; Cagniant, 1970a: 418; Collingwood, 1978: 82 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 259; Gómez & Espadler, 2006: 227; Borowiec, L. 2014: 115 (see note in bibliography); Tohmé, G. & Tohmé, 2014: 136; Lebas, et al. 2016: 302.
    • Distribution: Gibraltar, Spain.
    • Current subspecies: nominal plus bernardi, fur, furunculum.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Arcos J., X. Espadaler, and C. Catarineu. 2013. New records of Temnothorax cristinae (Espadaler, 1997) from the south-east Iberian Peninsula and extension of its description. Iberomyrmex 5: 5-8.
  • 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.
  • Dalla Torre, K. W.. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae. Vol. 7. Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 1893.
  • Delye, G., and J. L. Bonaric. "Fourmis du sud Marocain." Etude de certains milieux du Maroc et de leux evolution recente RCP 249 (1973).
  • Emery, C.. "Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]." en Wytsman, P. "Genera Insectorum" 174B (1922): 95-206.
  • Forel, A. 1894. Les formicides de la province d'Oran (Algerie). Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 30: 1-45.
  • Reyes López, J. L., and G. Luque García. "Nuevas citas de Monomorium andrei Saunders, 1890 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) para la Península Ibérica y Baleares." Boletín de la Asociación Española de Entomología 27 (1-4) (2003): 221-222.
  • Tohme G., and H. Tohme. 2014. Nouvelles liste des especes de fourmis du Liban (Hymenoptera, Formicoidea). Lebanese Science Journal 15(1): 133-141.
  • Trigos Peral G., and J. Reyes Lopez. 2016. Ants as bioindicators for monitoring of urban green in the south of the Iberian Peninsula. Proposal of functional groups. Iberomyrmex 8: 37-38.