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Monomorium luisae
| Monomorium luisae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Solenopsidini |
| Genus: | Monomorium |
| Species: | M. luisae |
| Binomial name | |
| Monomorium luisae Forel, 1904
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Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: India (type locality), Pakistan.
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.
- luisae. Monomorium luisae Forel, 1904c: 25 (w.q.) PAKISTAN (Kashmir).
- Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated).
- Type-locality: Pakistan: Kashmir, Thelum (= Jhelum) Valley (Wroughton).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- Status as species: Emery, 1922e: 172; Menozzi, 1939a: 336; Ettershank, 1966: 90; Bolton, 1995b: 264; Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 39; Rasheed, et al. 2019: 432.
- Distribution: India, Pakistan.
Description
References
- Forel, A. 1904d. Miscellanea myrmécologiques. Rev. Suisse Zool. 12: 1-52 (page 25, worker, queen described)
- Rasheed, M.T., Bodlah, I., Fareen, A.G., Wachkoo, A.A., Huang, X., Akbar, S.A. 2019. A checklist of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Pakistan. Sociobiology 66(3), 426-439 (doi:10.13102/sociobiology.v66i3.4330).
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Ettershank G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Aust. J. Zool. 14: 73-171.
- Rasheed M. T., I. Bodlah, A. G. Fareen, A. A. Wachkoo, X. Huang, and S. A. Akbar. 2019. A checklist of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Pakistan. Sociobiology 66(3): 426-439.