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Monomorium boltoni
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Solenopsidini |
| Genus: | Monomorium |
| Species: | M. boltoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Monomorium boltoni Espadaler & Agosti, 1987
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 16.621° to 16.621°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Cape Verde (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
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- boltoni. Monomorium boltoni Espadaler & Agosti, 1987: 295, fig. 1 (w.q.) CAPE VERDE IS (São Nicolau I.).
- Type-material: holotype worker, 4 paratype workers, 4 paratype queens (2 lacking heads).
- Type-locality: holotype Cape Verde: São Nicolau I., Monte Gordo, 9-15.xii.1953 (Lindberg); paratypes with same data.
- Type-depositories: BMNH (holotype); BMNH, DAPC, XEPC (paratypes).
- Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 260.
- Distribution: Cape Verde.
Description
References
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Espadaler X. and D. Agosti. 1987. Monomorium boltoni n. sp. from Sao Nicolau (Cape Verde Islands) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin de la Societe Entomologique Suisse 60: 295-299.