Monomorium dentigerum baal
Monomorium dentigerum baal | |
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Scientific classification (junior synonym of Trichomyrmex dentigera) | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Solenopsidini |
Genus: | Trichomyrmex |
Species: | Monomorium dentigerum baal Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1916 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Trichomyrmex dentigera.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- baal. Monomorium (Holcomyrmex) dentigerum var. baal Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1916: 171 (w.) SYRIA.
- Subspecies of dentigerum: Emery, 1922e: 181; Menozzi, 1933b: 65 (in key); Ettershank, 1966: 87.
- Status as species: Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 55; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 272 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 259; Borowiec, L. 2014: 116 (error); Petrov, 2006: 94 (in key) (error); Vonshak, et al. 2009: 43 (error); Tohmé, G. & Tohmé, 2014: 136 (error).
- Junior synonym of dentigera: Radchenko, 1997f: 216.
Taxonomic Status
Borowiec & Salata (2020): Monomorium dentigerum var. baal was raised to species rank by Agosti and Collingwood (1987a, b), but Radchenko (1997) synonymized it with Trichomyrmex dentigera. Because authors of above-mentioned publications did not examine types of this name, its status remains uncertain.
References
- Agosti, D.; Collingwood, C. A. 1987a. A provisional list of the Balkan ants (Hym. Formicidae) and a key to the worker caste. I. Synonymic list. Mitt. Schweiz. Entomol. Ges. 60: 51-62 (page 55, Raised to species)
- Borowiec, L., Salata, S. 2020. Review of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Jordan. Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom, Entomology 29 (online 2): 1-26 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.3733156).
- Radchenko, A.G. 1997f. Review of the ants of scabriceps group of the genus Monomorium Mayr. Annales Zoologici (Warszawa) 46: 211-224.
- Wheeler, W. M.; Mann, W. M. 1916. The ants of the Phillips Expedition to Palestine during 1914. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology
60: 167-174 (page 171, worker described)