Monomorium atomum procax

Monomorium atomum procax
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Solenopsidini
Genus:	Monomorium
Species:	M. atomum
Subspecies:	M. atomum procax
Trinomial name
Monomorium atomum procax Forel, 1911

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Singapore (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.

• procax. Monomorium (Martia) atomus var. procax Forel, 1911a: 23 (w.q.) SINGAPORE.
  • Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated).
  • Type-locality: Singapore: (Haviland).
  • Type-depository: MHNG.
  • Combination in M. (Lampromyrmex): Emery, 1922e: 183.
  • Subspecies of atomum: Viehmeyer, 1916a: 133; Emery, 1922e: 183; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 164; Ettershank, 1966: 91; Bolton, 1995b: 266.
  • Distribution: Singapore.

References

• Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 183, Combination in M. (Lampromyrmex))
• Forel, A. 1911a. Fourmis de Bornéo, Singapore, Ceylan, etc. récoltées par MM. Haviland, Green, Winkler, Will, Hose, Roepke et Waldo. Rev. Suisse Zool. 19: 23-62 (page 23, worker, queen described)
• Wang, W.Y., Soh, E.J.Y., Yong, G.W.J., Wong, M.K.L., Benoit Guénard, Economo, E.P., Yamane, S. 2022. Remarkable diversity in a little red dot: a comprehensive checklist of known ant species in Singapore (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with notes on ecology and taxonomy. Asian Myrmecology 15: e015006 (doi:10.20362/am.015006).