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Monomorium chilense
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Solenopsidini |
| Genus: | Monomorium |
| Species: | M. chilense |
| Binomial name | |
| Monomorium chilense Fernández, 2007
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This species nests under rocks or in dead branches of dead, standing trees. Ground nests are typically one or two chambers. Mature colonies contain a single queen and up to 500 workers.
Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -29.904529° to -33.72990561°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Chile (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.
- bicolor. Megalomyrmex bicolor Ettershank, 1965: 55, figs. 1-5 (w.l.) CHILE.
- Type-material: holotype worker, 3 paratype workers.
- Type-locality: holotype Chile: Coquimbo Prov., Pachon Peak (Cerro Pachon), nr La Serena, 8500±100 ft (E. Ackerman); paratypes with same data.
- Type-depository: MCZC.
- [Junior secondary homonym of Monomorium bicolor Emery, 1877b: 368.]
- Combination in Nothidris: Snelling, R.R. 1975: 3;
- combination in Monomorium: Fernández, in Heterick, 2006: 79.
- Status as species: Ettershank, 1966: 105; Kempf, 1970a: 23; Kempf, 1970b: 359 (redescription); Kempf, 1972a: 139; Snelling, R.R. & Hunt, 1976: 81; Brandão, 1991: 361; Bolton, 1995b: 259.
- Replacement name: Monomorium chilensis Fernández, 2007b: 132.
- chilense. Monomorium chilensis Fernández, 2007b: 132.
- Replacement name for Megalomyrmex bicolor Ettershank, 1965: 55. [Junior secondary homonym of Monomorium bicolor Emery, 1877b: 368.]
- Distribution: Chile.
Description
References
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Kempf W. W. 1970. Catálogo das formigas do Chile. Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo) 23: 17-43.
- Kempf W. W. 1970. Taxonomic notes on ants of the genus Megalomyrmex Forel, with the description of new species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Studia Entomologica 13: 353-364.
- Snelling R. R., and J. H. Hunt. 1975. The ants of Chile (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Revista Chilena de Entomología 9: 63-129.