Monomorium atomum integrium

Monomorium atomum integrium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Solenopsidini
Genus:	Monomorium
Species:	M. atomum
Subspecies:	M. atomum integrium
Trinomial name
Monomorium atomum integrium Forel, 1902

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Oriental Region: India (type locality).

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.

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.

Nomenclature

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

• integrium. Monomorium atomus var. integrius Forel, 1902c: 210 (w.q.) INDIA (Maharashtra).
  • Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated).
  • Type-localities: India: Poona (Wroughton), NW Himalaya (Smythies).
  • Type-depository: MHNG.
  • [Misspelled as interior by Menozzi, 1939a: 335; misspelled as integrios by Chapman & Capco, 1951: 163.]
  • Combination in M. (Lampromyrmex): Emery, 1922e: 183.
  • Subspecies of atomum: Forel, 1903a: 688; Bingham, 1903: 208; Forel, 1906b: 88; Forel, 1907a: 19; Emery, 1922e: 183; Menozzi, 1939a: 335; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 163; Ettershank, 1966: 90; Bolton, 1995b: 263; Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 39.
  • Distribution: India.

Description

Worker

Bingham(1903): Similar to M. atomum, differs in having the meso-metanotal suture less deeply impressed.

Length: ~ 1.2mm

Queen

Bingham (1903): Very narrow. The two nodes of the pedicel thick and rounded. The posterior portion of the pronotum forming part of the dorsum. Mesonotum very narrow and elongate. Of a reddish yellow. A brown mark round the ocelli, and a brownish band on each abdominal segment. For the rest resembles the worker.

Length: 2.5 mm

References

• Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 183, Combination in M. (Lampromyrmex))
• Forel, A. 1902c. Myrmicinae nouveaux de l'Inde et de Ceylan. Rev. Suisse Zool. 10: 165-249 (page 210, worker, queen described)