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Monomorium bidentatum
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Solenopsidini |
| Genus: | Monomorium |
| Species: | M. bidentatum |
| Binomial name | |
| Monomorium bidentatum Mayr, 1887
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -25.133° to -39.827432°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Argentina, Chile (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. |
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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
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| Syntype of Monomorium bidentatum. Worker. Specimen code casent0903660. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by NHMUK, London, UK. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- bidentatum. Monomorium bidentatum Mayr, 1887: 616 (w.q.) CHILE.
- Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated).
- Type-locality: Chile: Valdivia (C. Berg).
- Type-depository: NHMW.
- Snelling, R.R. 1975: 5 (m.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1980: 533 (l.).
- Combination in Monomorium (Notomyrmex): Emery, 1922e: 169;
- combination in Notomyrmex: Kusnezov, 1960b: 345;
- combination in Nothidris: Ettershank, 1966: 107;
- combination in Antichthonidris: Snelling, R.R. 1975: 6;
- combination in Monomorium: Kusnezov, 1949a: 425; Fernández, 2007b: 132.
- Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 66; Emery, 1922e: 169; Goetsch & Menozzi, 1935: 96; Kusnezov, 1949a: 433; Kusnezov, 1953a: 108 (in key); Kusnezov, 1960b: 345; Ettershank, 1966: 107; Kutter, 1968b: 203; Kempf, 1970a: 22; Kempf, 1972a: 165; Snelling, R.R. & Hunt, 1976: 77; Brandão, 1991: 326; Bolton, 1995b: 67; Fernández, 2007b: 132.
- Senior synonym of piceonigrum: Kusnezov, 1960b: 345; Kempf, 1972a: 165; Snelling, R.R. & Hunt, 1976: 77; Brandão, 1991: 326; Bolton, 1995b: 67.
- [Note: if the dubious combination of Myrmica bidentata Smith, F. 1858b: 124, in Monomorium is correct then Monomorium bidentatum Mayr, 1887: 616, becomes an unresolved junior secondary homonym of Myrmica bidentata Smith, F. 1858.]
- Distribution: Argentina, Chile.
- piceonigrum. Monomorium (Notomyrmex) bidentatum subsp. piceonigrum Borgmeier, 1948b: 468, figs. 16, 17 (w.) ARGENTINA (Neuquén).
- Type-material: holotype worker.
- Type-locality: Argentina: Sued-Cordillere, Hua Hum, xii.1947 (Hayward & Willink).
- Type-depository: IMLT, or MZSP.
- Junior synonym of bidentatum: Kusnezov, 1960b: 345; Kempf, 1972a: 165; Snelling, R.R. & Hunt, 1976: 77; Brandão, 1991: 326; Bolton, 1995b: 67.
Description
References
- Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 169, Combination in Monomorium (Notomyrmex))
- Ettershank, G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Aust. J. Zool. 14: 73-171 (page 107, Combination in Nothidris)
- Heterick, B. E. 2001. Revision of the Australian ants of the genus Monomorium (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Invertebr. Taxon. 15: 353-459 (page 361, Combination in Monomorium)
- Kusnezov, N. 1949a. El género Monomorium (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) en la Argentina. Acta Zool. Lilloana 7: 423-448 (page 431, see also)
- Kusnezov, N. 1960b [1959]. La fauna de hormigas en el oeste de la Patagonia y Tierra del Fuego. Acta Zool. Lilloana 17: 321-401 (page 345, Combination in Notomyrmex)
- Kusnezov, N. 1960b [1959]. La fauna de hormigas en el oeste de la Patagonia y Tierra del Fuego. Acta Zool. Lilloana 17: 321-401 (page 345, Senior synonym of piceonigrum)
- Mayr, G. 1887. Südamerikanische Formiciden. Verh. K-K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 37: 511-632 (page 616, worker, queen described)
- Snelling, R. R. 1975. Descriptions of new Chilean ant taxa (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Contr. Sci. (Los Angel.) 274: 1-19 (page 5, male described)
- Snelling, R. R. 1975. Descriptions of new Chilean ant taxa (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Contr. Sci. (Los Angel.) 274: 1-19 (page 6, Combination in Antichthonidris)
- Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1980. Supplementary studies on ant larvae: Ponerinae, Myrmicinae and Formicinae. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 106: 527-545 (page 533, larva described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Goetsch W. and C. Menozzi. 1935. Die Ameisen Chiles. Konowia 14: 94-102
- Goetsch, W., and C. Menozzi. "Die Ameisen Chiles." Konowia 14 (1935): 94-102.
- Snelling R. R., and J. H. Hunt. 1975. The ants of Chile (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Revista Chilena de Entomología 9: 63-129.