Monomorium bidentata

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Monomorium bidentata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Solenopsidini
Genus: Monomorium
Species: M. bidentata
Binomial name
Monomorium bidentata
(Smith, F., 1858)

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Oriental Region: India (type locality).

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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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Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

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

  • bidentata. Myrmica bidentata Smith, F. 1858b: 124 (w.) INDIA (West Bengal).
    • Type-material: holotype (?) worker.
    • [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
    • Type-locality: India: Calcutta, “(Coll. East India House)”.
    • Type-depository: unknown (not in BMNH; no type-material known to exist).
    • Unidentifiable taxon: Forel, 1903a: 698.
    • Status as species: Mayr, 1863: 431; Smith, F. 1871a: 326; Dalla Torre, 1893: 109; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 125; Bolton, 1995b: 277.
    • Unidentifiable to genus; incertae sedis in Myrmica: Bolton, 1995b: 277.
    • Combination in Monomorium: Radchenko & Elmes, 2001: 238.
    • [Note: the combination in Monomorium is unconvincing; see note under bidentatum Mayr. Bingham, 1903: 212, suggests that bidentata Smith, F. may belong in Solenopsis.]

Description

References

  • Bingham, C. T. 1903. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Hymenoptera, Vol. II. Ants and Cuckoo-wasps. London: Taylor and Francis, 506 pp. (page 212, suggests that this species may belong in Solenopsis)
  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 277, Unidentifiable to genus; incertae sedis in Myrmica)
  • Radchenko, A. G.; Elmes, G.W. 2001b. A taxonomic revision of the ant genus Myrmica Latreille, 1804 from the Himalaya (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Entomol. Basil. 23: 237-276 (page 238, Combination in Monomorium)
  • Smith, F. 1858b. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae. London: British Museum, 216 pp. (page 124, worker described)