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Monomorium banksi
| Monomorium banksi | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Solenopsidini |
| Genus: | Monomorium |
| Species: | M. banksi |
| Binomial name | |
| Monomorium banksi Forel, 1910
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Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Philippines (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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Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- banksi. Monomorium (Martia) banksi Forel, 1910d: 123 (w.q.) PHILIPPINES (Negros I.).
- Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated).
- Type-locality: Philippines: Negros Occidental, Nakalang, Maao (C.S. Banks).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- [Note: Forel says that types are in “Bureau of Science, Manila”; if they still exist, perhaps in NMPM.]
- Combination in M. (Lampromyrmex): Emery, 1922e: 183.
- Status as species: Emery, 1922e: 183; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 164; Baltazar, 1966: 259; Ettershank, 1966: 87; Bolton, 1995b: 259.
- Distribution: Philippines (Negros).
Description
References
- Baltazar, C.R. 1966. A catalogue of Philippine Hymenoptera (with a bibliography, 1758-1963). Pacific Insects Monographs 8: 1-488. (page 259, listed)
- Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 183, Combination in M. (Lampromyrmex))
- Forel, A. 1910d. Fourmis des Philippines. Philipp. J. Sci. Sect. D. Gen. Biol. Ethnol. Anthropol. 5: 121-130 (page 123, worker, queen described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Ettershank G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Aust. J. Zool. 14: 73-171.
- Forel A. 1910. Fourmis des Philippines. Philipp. J. Sci. Sect. D. Gen. Biol. Ethnol. Anthropol. 5: 121-130