Monomorium advena
Monomorium advena | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Solenopsidini |
Genus: | Monomorium |
Species: | M. advena |
Binomial name | |
Monomorium advena Brown & Wilson, 1957 | |
Synonyms | |
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Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Iberian Peninsula, Israel (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. |
Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- andrei. Epixenus andrei Emery, 1908f: 557, fig. 5 (q.m.) ISRAEL.
- Type-material: holotype ergatoid queen.
- Type-locality: Israel: Babel Uad, between Jaffa and Jerusalem.
- Type-depository: MNHN.
- [Junior secondary homonym of Monomorium andrei Saunders, E. 1890: 204.]
- Tohmé, H. & Tohmé, G. 1980a: 1097 (w.).
- Status as species: Emery, 1922e: 185; Menozzi, 1933b: 66; Bernard, 1955b: 282 (in key); Kutter, 1968b: 203; Tohmé, H. & Tohmé, G. 1980a: 1096.
- Replacement name: Monomorium advena Brown & Wilson, 1957b: 244.
- advena. Monomorium advena Brown & Wilson, 1957b: 244.
- Replacement name for Epixenus andrei Emery, 1908f: 557. [Junior secondary homonym of Monomorium andrei Saunders, E. 1890: 204.]
- Tohmé, H. & Tohmé, G. 1980a: 1097 (w.).
- Status as species: Ettershank, 1966: 87; Tohmé, H. & Tohmé, G. 1980a: 1097; Kugler, J. 1988: 258; Bolton, 1995b: 258; Vonshak, et al. 2009: 43; Borowiec, L. 2014: 114.
- Distribution: Israel, Lebanon.
Description
References
- Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
- Brown, W. L., Jr.; Wilson, E. O. 1957b. A new parasitic ant of the genus Monomorium from Alabama, with a consideration of the status of genus Epixenus Emery. Entomol. News 68: 239-246 (page 244, replacement name)
- Emery, C. 1908g. Beiträge zur Monographie der Formiciden des paläarktischen Faunengebietes. (Hym.) Teil IV. Parasitische und Gast-Myrmicinen mit Ausnahme von Strongylognathus. Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 1908: 549-558 (page 557, Replacement name for Epixenus andrei)
- Saunders, E. 1890. Aculeate Hymenoptera collected by J. J. Walker, Esq., R.N., F.L.S., at Gibraltar and in North Africa. (Part I - Heterogyna). Entomol. Mon. Mag. 26: 201-205 (page 204, Junior secondary homonym of Monomorium andrei)
- Tohmé, H.; Tohmé, G. 1980a [1979]. Le genre Epixenus Emery (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) et ses principaux représentants au Liban et en Syrie. Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Sect. A Zool. Biol. Écol. Anim. (4)1 1: 1087-1108 (page 1097, worker described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
- Ettershank G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Aust. J. Zool. 14: 73-171.
- Kugler J. 1988. The zoogeography of Israel. 9. The zoogeography of social insects of Israel and Sinai. Monographiae biologicae 62: 251-275.
- Tohme G. 1996. Formicidae. Etude de la diversité biologique n° 4 . Ministère de lAgriculture à Beyrouth (Eds.). P85-87.
- Tohmé H., and G. Tohmé. 1980. Le genre Epixenus Emery (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) et ses principaux représentants au Liban et en Syrie. Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Sect. A Zool. Biol. Écol. Anim. (4)1 1: 1087-1108.
- Vonshak M., and A. Ionescu-Hirsch. 2009. A checklist of the ants of Israel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Israel Journal of Entomology 39: 33-55.