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Monomorium rugifrons
This species is known only from the Holotype Queen.
| Monomorium rugifrons | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Solenopsidini |
| Genus: | Monomorium |
| Species: | M. rugifrons |
| Binomial name | |
| Monomorium rugifrons (Smith, F., 1858) | |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: India (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.
- rugifrons. Myrmica rugifrons Smith, F. 1858b: 124 (q.) INDIA (no state data).
- Type-material: holotype queen.
- Type-locality: “India (Penang) (Coll. East India House)”.
- [Note: in original description locality is given as “India (Penang)”. Penang is in West Malaysia, far from India. Later Smith, F. 1871a: 326, gives “India; Penang”, implying two separate localities; but the original description implies that only a single specimen is present.]
- Type-depository: unknown.
- Combination in Monomorium: Radchenko & Elmes, 2001a: 238.
- Unidentifiable taxon: Forel, 1903a: 698.
- Status as species: Mayr, 1863: 435; Smith, F. 1871a: 326; Dalla Torre, 1893: 115; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 129; Bolton, 1995b: 282; Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 668; Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 40.
Description
Queen
Smith (1858): Pale reddish-yellow; the first segment of the abdomen, except its extreme base, fuscous. Head elongate-quadrate, the anterior and posterior angles rounded; the eyes, ocelli, and inner margin of the mandibles, black, the latter denticulate; the head rugose, with a number of longitudinal fine carinae, the hinder margin of the vertex emarginate. Thorax elongate-ovate, longitudinally rugose above, the prothorax transversely so, the metathorax concavely truncate at the apex, a short spine on each side at the verge of the truncation; the legs rather paler than the body; wings hyaline and iridescent, the nervures pale testaceous. Abdomen ovate, smooth and shining; the first node petiolated at the base, the second globose.
References
- Radchenko, A. G.; Elmes, G.W. 2001b. A taxonomic revision of the ant genus Myrmica Latreille, 1804 from the Himalaya (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Entomol. Basil. 23: 237-276 (page 238, Combination in Monomorium)
- Smith, F. 1858b. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae. London: British Museum, 216 pp. (page 124, queen described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Bharti H. 2011. List of Indian ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Halteres 3: 79-87.
- Bhoje P. M., K. Shilpa, and T. V. Sathe. 2014. Diversity of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Kolhapur district of Maharashtra, India. Uttar Pradesh J. Zool. 34(1): 23-25.
- Raci N., C. Sravanthy, C. Sammaiah, and M. Thirupahaiah. 2015. Biodiversity of ants (Insecta-Hymenoptera) in agroecosystem and grass land in Jammikunta, Karimnagar District, Telangana, India. Journal ofEnvironment 4(1): 11-16.