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Monomorium butteli demochrum
| Monomorium butteli demochrum | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Solenopsidini |
| Genus: | Monomorium |
| Species: | M. butteli |
| Subspecies: | M. butteli demochrum |
| Trinomial name | |
| Monomorium butteli demochrum Viehmeyer, 1916 | |
Identification
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. |
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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.
- demochrum. Monomorium butteli subsp. demochrum Viehmeyer, 1916a: 131 (w.) SINGAPORE.
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “a number”).
- Type-locality: Singapore: 13: 148 (H. Overbeck).
- Type-depository: MNHU.
- Subspecies of butteli: Emery, 1922e: 171; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 164; Ettershank, 1966: 88; Bolton, 1995b: 261.
- Distribution: Singapore.
Description
References
- Viehmeyer, H. 1916a [1915]. Ameisen von Singapore. Beobachtet und gesammelt von H. Overbeck. Arch. Naturgesch. (A) 81(8): 108-168 (page 131, worker 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).