Monomorium annamense

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Monomorium annamense
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Solenopsidini
Genus: Monomorium
Species: M. annamense
Binomial name
Monomorium annamense
Donisthorpe, 1941

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Specimen Labels

Synonyms

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Oriental Region: Vietnam (type locality).

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

Images from AntWeb

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Paratype of Monomorium longicepsWorker. Specimen code casent0916995. Photographer Kate Martynova, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by SIZK, Kiev, Ukraine.

Nomenclature

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

  • longiceps. Monomorium (Monomorium) longiceps Karavaiev, 1935a: 94, fig. 20 (w.) VIETNAM.
    • Type-material: 3 syntype workers.
    • Type-locality: 2 workers Vietnam (“Südannam”): Dalat, Lang Biang, 1500 m., 26.i.1931 (K. Davydov), 1 worker with same but also numbered 5796.
    • Type-depository: SIZK.
    • [Junior primary homonym of Monomorium (Notomyrmex) longiceps Wheeler, W.M. 1934d: 146.]
    • Replacement name: Monomorium (Monomorium) annamense Donisthorpe, 1941k: 238.*annamense. Monomorium (Monomorium)
  • annamense. Monomorium (Monomorium) annamense Donisthorpe, 1941k: 238.
    • Replacement name for Monomorium (Monomorium) longiceps Karavaiev, 1935a: 94. [Junior primary homonym of Monomorium (Notomyrmex) longiceps Wheeler, W.M. 1934d: 146.]
    • [Misspelled as anaramensis by Chapman & Capco, 1951: 165.]
    • Status as species: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 165; Ettershank, 1966: 87; Bolton, 1995b: 259.
    • Distribution: Vietnam.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Eguchi K.; Bui T. V.; Yamane S. 2011. Generic synopsis of the Formicidae of Vietnam (Insecta: Hymenoptera), part I — Myrmicinae and Pseudomyrmecinae. Zootaxa 2878: 1-61.
  • Karavaiev V. 1935. Neue Ameisen aus dem Indo-Australischen Gebiet, nebst Revision einiger Formen. Treubia 15: 57-118.