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Monomorium bidentata
| Monomorium bidentata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Solenopsidini |
| Genus: | Monomorium |
| Species: | M. bidentata |
| Binomial name | |
| Monomorium bidentata (Smith, F., 1858) | |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: India (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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Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- bidentata. Myrmica bidentata Smith, F. 1858b: 124 (w.) INDIA (West Bengal).
- Type-material: holotype (?) worker.
- [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
- Type-locality: India: Calcutta, “(Coll. East India House)”.
- Type-depository: unknown (not in BMNH; no type-material known to exist).
- Unidentifiable taxon: Forel, 1903a: 698.
- Status as species: Mayr, 1863: 431; Smith, F. 1871a: 326; Dalla Torre, 1893: 109; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 125; Bolton, 1995b: 277.
- Unidentifiable to genus; incertae sedis in Myrmica: Bolton, 1995b: 277.
- Combination in Monomorium: Radchenko & Elmes, 2001: 238.
- [Note: the combination in Monomorium is unconvincing; see note under bidentatum Mayr. Bingham, 1903: 212, suggests that bidentata Smith, F. may belong in Solenopsis.]
Description
References
- Bingham, C. T. 1903. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Hymenoptera, Vol. II. Ants and Cuckoo-wasps. London: Taylor and Francis, 506 pp. (page 212, suggests that this species may belong in Solenopsis)
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 277, Unidentifiable to genus; incertae sedis in Myrmica)
- Radchenko, A. G.; Elmes, G.W. 2001b. A taxonomic revision of the ant genus Myrmica Latreille, 1804 from the Himalaya (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Entomol. Basil. 23: 237-276 (page 238, Combination in Monomorium)
- Smith, F. 1858b. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae. London: British Museum, 216 pp. (page 124, worker described)