Monomorium nitidiventre

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Monomorium nitidiventre
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Solenopsidini
Genus: Monomorium
Species: M. nitidiventre
Binomial name
Monomorium nitidiventre
Emery, 1893

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Specimen Labels

Synonyms

Besides a collection noting it was made on a beach, little is known about the biology of this species.

Identification

Bolton (1987) - A member of the M. bicolor complex in the M. salomonis species group.

Distribution

Records from Greece are probably based on misidentifications (Borowiec, 2014).

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 35.086353° to 13.083333°.

     
North
Temperate 		North
Subtropical 		Tropical South
Subtropical 		South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Kenya, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates.
Palaearctic Region: Egypt (type locality), Greece, Iran, Kuwait, Türkiye.

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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

Association with Other Organisms

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  • This species is a mutualist for the aphid Aphis craccivora (a trophobiont) (Mortazavi et al., 2015; Saddiqui et al., 2019).

Castes

Images from AntWeb

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Paratype of Monomorium yemene. Worker. Specimen code casent0913865. Photographer Z. Lieberman, 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.

  • nitidiventre. Monomorium bicolor subsp. nitidiventris Emery, 1893f: 256 (w.) YEMEN, EGYPT.
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
    • Type-localities: Yemen: Aden I. (= Socotra), 1892 (E. Simon), Egypt: Cairo (no further data).
    • Type-depository: MHNG.
    • Mayr, 1901b: 7 (q.); Karavaiev, 1911: 6 (m.); Athias-Henriot, 1947: 249 (l.).
    • Combination in M. (Xeromyrmex): Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 869.
    • Subspecies of bicolor: Mayr, 1904b: 4; Emery, 1908h: 677; Forel, 1910e: 441; Karavaiev, 1911: 5; Forel, 1914d: 244; Santschi, 1914b: 73; Santschi, 1914d: 353 (in key); Arnold, 1916: 209; Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1916: 170; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 869; Emery, 1922e: 176; Viehmeyer, 1923: 90; Santschi, 1938a: 39; Weber, 1943c: 314; Ettershank, 1966: 91.
    • Subspecies of subopacum: Santschi, 1927d: 245; Menozzi, 1932c: 94; Finzi, 1936: 177; Menozzi, 1936d: 283; Finzi, 1939a: 158; Finzi, 1940: 161; Menozzi, 1934: 155; Arnold, 1944: 14; Athias-Henriot, 1947: 249; Bernard, 1948: 144; Bernard, 1950b: 290; Bernard, 1953a: 159; Hamann & Klemm, 1967: 413.
    • Status as species: Collingwood, 1985: 272; Collingwood, 1993b: 194; Bolton, 1995b: 265; Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 352; Paknia, et al. 2008: 155; Legakis, 2011: 14; Collingwood, et al. 2011: 435; Borowiec, L. & Salata, 2012: 518; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 213; Borowiec, L. 2014: 123.
    • Distribution: Egypt, Iran, Kuwait, Libya, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen.

Type Material

Monomorium yemene: Holotype: worker, Yemen, Taiz, 20.X.1991, A. van Harten. - Paratypes: Yemen: workers, same series as holotype; workers, Zingibar-Shugra, 21.111.1993, C. A. Collingwood.

Sharaf et al. (2021): The locality label of the paratype specimen (CASENT0913865) (Madinat Al shiraq) is not matching the locality data mentioned in the original description but the collecting data and collector are congruous with the description, therefore, this specimen is treated as one of the type material of M. yemene.


Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.

Description

Collingwood and Agosti (1996) - HL 0.75-0.90; HW 0.67-0.91; SL 0.61-0.76; CI 89; SI 90.

The clypeus is widely emarginate. The propodeal furrow is exceptionally well defined with raised side margins. The alitrunk profile is flat with the mesopropodeal furrow distinct but shallow. There are no alitrunk hairs, one pair on the petiole, 1-2 pairs on the postpetiole and occasional hairs on the first gastral tergite. The head and alitrunk have dense reticulopunctate sculpture. The gaster is shining with superficial sculpture, black in whole or in part but well contrasted with the red head, alitrunk and nodes.

References

60: 167-174 (page 171, see also)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Alfieri A. 1931. Contribution à l'étude de la faune myrmécologique de l'Egypte. Bulletin. Société Entomologique d'Egypte 15: 42-48.
  • Alfieri, A. "Contribution à l'étude de la faune myrmécologique de l'Egypte." Bulletin de la Société Entomologique d'Egypte 15 (1931): 42-48.
  • Arnold G. 1916. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part II. Ponerinae, Dorylinae. Annals of the South African Museum. 14: 159-270.
  • Bakr R. F. A., H. H. Fadl, R. M. Badawy, and M. R. Sharaf. 2007. Myrmecophile insects associated with some ant species (Hymenoptera : Formicidae )in Egypt. The second international conference of economic entomology (Entomological Society of Egypt) ,Cairo, Egypt, 8-11 December, (1): 205-233.
  • Bernard F. 1950. Contribution à l'étude de l'Aïr. Hyménoptères Formicidae. Mém. Inst. Fr. Afr. Noire 10: 284-294.
  • Bernard F. 1953. Les fourmis du Tassili des Ajjer. Pp. 121-250 in: Bernard, F. (ed.) 1953. Mission scientifique au Tassili des Ajjer (1949). Volume I. Recherches zoologiques et médicales. Paris: P. Lechevalier, 302 pp.
  • Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
  • Borowiec L., and S. Salata. 2012. Ants of Greece - Checklist, comments and new faunistic data (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus 23(4): 461-563.
  • Collingwood C. A., D. Agosti, M. R. Sharaf, A. Van Harten, 2011. Order Hymenoptera, family Formicidae. Arthropod Fauna of the UAE 4: 405-474
  • Collingwood, C. A. 1993. A Comparitive Study of the Ant Fauna of Five Greek Islands. Biologia Gallo-hellenica. 20,1:191-197
  • Collingwood, C. A. and D. Agosti. 1996. Formicidae (Insects: Hymenoptera) of Saudi Arabia (Part 2) Fauna of Saudi Arabia 15: 300-385.
  • Collingwood, C. A., and Donat Agosti. "Formicidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of Saudi Arabia (Part 2)." Fauna of Saudi Arabia 15 (1996): 300-385.
  • Collingwood, C. A. "A comparative study of the ant fauna of five Greek islands." Biologia Gallo-Hellenica 20 (1993): 191-197.
  • Czechowski W., A. Radchenko, W. Czechowska and K. Vepsäläinen. 2012. The ants of Poland with reference to the myrmecofauna of Europe. Fauna Poloniae 4. Warsaw: Natura Optima Dux Foundation, 1-496 pp
  • Emery, C. "Beiträge zur Monographie der Formiciden des paläarktischen Faunengebietes. (Hym.) Teil V. Monomorium." Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1908 (1908): 663-686.
  • Finzi B. 1939. Materiali zoologici dell'Eritrea raccolti da G. Müller durante la spedizione dell'Istituto Sieroterapico Milanese e conservati al Museo di Trieste. Parte III. Hymenoptera: Formicidae. Atti del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Trieste 14: 153-168.
  • Finzi, B. "Risultati scientifici della spedizione di S. A. S. il Principe Alessandro della Torre e Tasso nell'Egitto e peninsola del Sinai. XI. Formiche." Bulletin de la Société Entomologique d'Egypte 20 (1936): 155-210.
  • Garcia F.H., Wiesel E. and Fischer G. 2013.The Ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)—Faunal Overview, First Species Checklist, Bibliography, Accounts for All Genera, and Discussion on Taxonomy and Zoogeography. Journal of East African Natural History, 101(2): 127-222
  • Hamann H. H. F., and W. Klemm W. 1967. Ergebnisse der zoologischen Nubien-Expedition 1962. Teil XXXIV. Hymenoptera - Formicidae. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 70: 411-421.
  • Karavaiev V. 1911. Ameisen aus Aegypten und dem Sudan. Rus. Entomol. Obozr. 11: 1-12.
  • Menozzi C. 1928. Note sulla mirmecofauna paleartica. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Reale Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura. Portici. 21: 126-129.
  • Menozzi C. 1934. Reperti mirmecofaunistici raccolti dal Prof. L di Caporiacco nelle oasi di Cufra e in altre localita del deserto Libico. Atti della Societa dei Naturalisti e Matematici di Modena (6)13(65): 153-166
  • Mortazavi Z. S., H. Sadeghi, N. Aktac, L. Depa, L. Fekrat. 2015. Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and their aphid partners (Homoptera: Aphididae) in Mashhad region, Razavi Khorasan Province, with new records of aphids and ant species for fauna of Iran. Halteres 6:4-12.
  • Paknia O., A. Radchenko, H. Alipanah, and M. Pfeiffer. 2008. A preliminary checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Iran. Myrmecological News 11: 151-159.
  • Santschi F. 1914. Formicides de l'Afrique occidentale et australe du voyage de Mr. le Professeur F. Silvestri. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Reale Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura. Portici 8: 309-385.
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  • Viehmeyer H. 1923. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der mit Unterstützung der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien aus der Erbschaft Treitl von F. Werner unternommenen zoologischen Expedition nach dem anglo-ägyptischen Sudan (Kordofan) 1914. VII. Hymenoptera A. Formicidae. Denkschriften der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 98: 83-94.
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  • 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
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