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Monomorium medinae
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Solenopsidini |
| Genus: | Monomorium |
| Species: | M. medinae |
| Binomial name | |
| Monomorium medinae Forel, 1892
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 28.5° to 28.116667°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Canary Islands (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
Colonies can produce ergatoid queens.
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| Syntype of Xenhyboma mystes. Queen (alate/dealate). Specimen code casent0913816. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- medinae. Monomorium medinae Forel, 1892g: 454 (w.) SPAIN (Canary Is).
- Type-material: holotype worker.
- Type-locality: Spain: Canary Is, Tenerife, Laguna (M. Medina).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- Combination in M. (Xeromyrmex): Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 869.
- Status as species: Forel, 1894a: 162; Emery, 1908h: 679; Arnold, 1916: 219; Emery, 1922e: 177; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 869; Wheeler, W.M. 1927g: 107; Wellenius, 1955: 8; Ettershank, 1966: 90; Báez & Ortega, 1978: 190; Barquin Diez, 1981: 163; Espadaler, 1982b: 112; Bolton, 1987: 294; Hohmann, et al. 1993: 154; Bolton, 1995b: 264; Borowiec, L. 2014: 122.
- Senior synonym of mystes: Espadaler, 1982b: 112; Bolton, 1995b: 264.
- Distribution: Spain (Canary Is).
- mystes. Xenhyboma mystes Santschi, 1919g: 405, fig. 2 (q.) SPAIN (Canary Is).
- Type-material: holotype queen.
- Type-locality: Spain: Canary Is, Tenerife, Laguna, 10.iv.1918 (A. Cabrera y Diaz).
- Type-depository: NHMB.
- Combination in Monomorium: Ettershank, 1966: 91.
- Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1927g: 109; Wellenius, 1955: 9Ettershank, 1966: 91; Kutter, 1968b: 203; Kutter, 1973a: 321; Báez & Ortega, 1978: 190; Barquin Diez, 1981: 212.
- Junior synonym of medinae: Espadaler, 1982b: 112; Bolton, 1987: 293; Bolton, 1995b: 264.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
Type Material
Bolton (1987) - Holotype worker, Canary Islands: Teneriffe , Laguna (Medina) (MHN) [examined].
References
- Bolton, B. 1987. A review of the Solenopsis genus-group and revision of Afrotropical Monomorium Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology. 54: 263-452. (page 294, see also)
- Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
- Espadaler, X. 1982b. Xenhyboma mystes Santschi, 1919 = Monomorium medinae Forel, 1892. Évidence biologique de la synonymie (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Nouv. Rev. Entomol. 12: 111-113 (page 112, Senior synonym of mystes)
- Forel, A. 1892g. Quelques fourmis de la faune méditerranéenne. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 36: 452-457 (page 454, worker described)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1922j. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 711-1004 (page 869, Combination in M. (Xeromyrmex))
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Barech G., M. Khaldi, X. Espadaler, and H. Cagniant. 2017. The genus Monomorium Mayr, 1855 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the Maghreb (North Africa): Identification key, redescription of Monomorium major Bernard, 1953 and new records from Algeria. Boletin de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 61: 151-157.
- Barquín, J. Las hormigas de Canarias. Taxonomia, ecologia y distribucion de los Formicidae In Secretariado de publicaciones de la Universidad de La Laguna, Colección Monografías Nº 3. Tenerife: Universidad de La Laguna, 1981.
- Bolton B. 1987. A review of the Solenopsis genus-group and revision of Afrotropical Monomorium Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 54: 263-452.
- Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
- Emery, C. "Beiträge zur Monographie der Formiciden des paläarktischen Faunengebietes. (Hym.) Teil V. Monomorium." Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1908 (1908): 663-686.
- Ettershank G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Aust. J. Zool. 14: 73-171.
- Forel A. 1893. Nouvelles fourmis d'Australie et des Canaries. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 37: 454-466.
- Forel, A. "Nouvelles fourmis d'Australie et des Canaries." Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 37 (1893): 454-466.
- Hohmann H., F. La Roche, G. Ortega, and J. Barquín. 1993. Bienen, Wespen und Ameisen der Kanarischen Inseln. Veröff. Überseemus. Bremen Naturwiss. 12: 14.
- Kutter, H. "Über Xenhyboma mystes Santschi." Mitteilungen der Schweirzerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 45 (1973): 321-324.
- Santschi, F. "Fourmis d'Espagne et des Canaries." Boletín de la Real Sociedad española de Historia natural (Madrid) 19 (1919): 241-248.
- Santschi, F. "Trois nouvelles fourmis des Canaries." Boletín de la Real Sociedad española de Historia natural (Madrid) 19 (1919): 405-407.
- Wellenius, O. H. "Entomologische Ergebnisse der finnländischen Kanaren-Expedition 1947-1951. No. 10. Formicidae Insularum Canariensium. Systematik, Ökologie und Verbreitung der Kanarischen Formiciden." Commentationes Biologicae Societas Scienitarum Fennica 15(8) (1955): 1-20.
- Wheeler W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 711-1004