Monomorium barbatulum

Monomorium barbatulum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Solenopsidini
Genus:	Monomorium
Species group:	salomonis
Species:	M. barbatulum
Binomial name
Monomorium barbatulum Mayr, 1877 Specimen Labels

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 43.283333° to 22°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: United Arab Emirates.
Palaearctic Region: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, Kazakhstan (type locality), Kyrgyzstan, Oman, Türkiye, Turkmenistan.

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.

• barbatulum. Monomorium barbatulum Mayr, 1877: 17 (w.) KAZAKHSTAN or UZBEKISTAN.
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: Kazakhstan or Uzbekistan: “Habitat in desertis Kisil-kum” (A. Fedtschenko).
  • Type-depository: NHMW.
  • [Also described as new by Mayr, 1880: 36.]
  • [Misspelled as bartatulum by Collingwood, 1961a: 62.]
  • Emery, 1889a: 441 (q.m.).
  • Combination in M. (Xeromyrmex): Emery, 1922e: 176.
  • Status as species: Mayr, 1880: 36; André, 1883a: 332 (in key); André, 1884b: 541; Emery, 1889a: 441; Nasonov, 1889: 29; Dalla Torre, 1893: 65; Ruzsky, 1905b: 636; Emery, 1908h: 671; Karavaiev, 1910b: 58; Emery, 1922e: 176; Ruzsky, 1923: 4; Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1926a: 74 (in key); Santschi, 1936a: 35; Collingwood, 1961a: 62; Ettershank, 1966: 87; Pisarski, 1967: 396; Pisarski, 1970: 309; Tarbinsky, 1976: 79 (redescription); Arnol'di & Dlussky, 1978: 538 (in key); Dlussky, 1981a: 17; Collingwood, 1985: 269; Kugler, J. 1988: 257; Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 233; Bolton, 1995b: 259; Schultz, R. et al. 2006: 206; Vonshak, et al. 2009: 43; Paknia, et al. 2010: 33; Collingwood, et al. 2011: 432; Borowiec, L. 2014: 116; Kiran & Karaman, 2020: 308.
  • Distribution: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Oman, Russia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan.

Taxonomic Notes

Sharaf et al. (2021): Monomorium barbatulum looks similar to some members of the genus Trichomyrmex in terms of the following characters: polymorphic with 12-segmented antennae that lacking the well-defined terminal club; masticatory margin of mandibles armed with 3–4 teeth; propodeum unarmed. However, M. barbatulum lacks a critical diagnostic character for the genus Trichomyrmex which is the absence of the transverse striations on propodeal dorsum. With the availability of more material for a comprehensive taxonomic investigation, together with additional molecular evidence(s), we will be able to resolve properly the taxonomic status of the species.

References

• Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
• Collingwood, C.A., Agosti, D., Sharaf, M.R., van Harten, A. 2011. Order Hymenoptera, family Formicidae. Arthropod fauna of the UAE 4: 405-474.
• Dubovikoff, D.A., Yusupov, Z.M. 2017. Family Formicidae - Ants. In Belokobylskij S. A. and A. S. Lelej: Annotated catalogue of the Hymenoptera of Russia. Proceedingss of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences 6: 197-210.
• Emery, C. 1889b. Intorno ad alcune formiche della fauna paleartica. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. 27[=(2)(7): 439-443 (page 441, queen, male described)
• Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 176, Combination in M. (Xeromyrmex))
• Kiran, K., Karaman, C. 2020. Additions to the ant fauna of Turkey (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Zoosystema 42(18), 285-329 (doi:10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a18).
• Mayr, G. 1877a. Formicidae. In: Fedchenko, A. P. Travels in Turkestan. Vol. 2, Div. 5, No. 7. Izv. Imp. Obshch. Lyubit. Estestvozn. Antropol. Etnogr. Imp. Mosk. Univ. 26:i-iii, 1-20 (+1). (page 17, worker described)
• Mayr, G. 1880. Die Ameisen Turkestan's, gesammelt von A. Fedtschenko. Tijdschr. Entomol. 23: 17-40 (page 36, Redescribed in Latin)
• Sharaf, M.R., Mohamed, A.A., Boudinot, B.E., Wetterer, J.K., Hita Garcia, F., Al Dhafer, H.M., Aldawood, A.S. 2021. Monomorium (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Arabian Peninsula with description of two new species, M. heggyi sp. n. and M. khalidi sp. n. PeerJ 9, e10726. (doi:10.7717/peerj.10726).
• Tarbinsky, Y.S. 1976. The ants of Kirghizia. Frunze: Ilim, 217 pp. (page 79, see also)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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• Collingwood C. A. 1961. The third Danish Expedition to Central Asia. Zoological Results 27. Formicidae (Insecta) from Afghanistan. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening 123: 51-79.
• Collingwood C. A. 1985. Hymenoptera: Fam. Formicidae of Saudi Arabia. Fauna of Saudi Arabia 7: 230-302.
• Collingwood C. A., D. Agosti, M. R. Sharaf, A. Van Harten, 2011. Order Hymenoptera, family Formicidae. Arthropod Fauna of the UAE 4: 405-474
• Collingwood C.A., D.Agosti, M.R. Sharaf, and A. van Harten. 2011. Order Hymenoptera, family Formicidae. Arthropod fauna of the UAE, 4: 405–474
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• Mokrousov M. V., and V.A. Zryanin. 2015. Materials on the early spring wasps and ants fauna of Uzbekistan (Hymenoptera: Vespomorpha: Chrysidoidea, Scolioidea, Pompiloidea, Vespoidea, Apoidea [Spheciformes], Formicoidea). Entomological research Russia and its neighboring regions 5: 36–48.
• Paknia, O., A. G. Radchenko, and M. Pfeiffer. "New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran." Asian Myrmecology 3, no. 29-38 (2010).
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