Monomorium sichelii

Monomorium sichelii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Solenopsidini
Genus:	Monomorium
Species:	M. sichelii
Binomial name
Monomorium sichelii (Roger, 1862)

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 36.718333° to 36.718333°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Spain (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.

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.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• sichelii. Phacota sichelii Roger, 1862b: 262, pl. 1, fig. 20 (w.) SPAIN.
  • Type-material: holotype worker.
  • [Note: holotype may be an ergatoid queen, not a worker (Bolton, 1987: 281).]
  • Type-locality: Spain: Malaga (Sichel).
  • Type-depository: unknown (not in MNHU, perhaps lost or destroyed).
  • Combination in Phacota: Bolton, 1987: 281;
  • combination in Monomorium: Ettershank, 1966: 92; Fernández, in Heterick, 2006: 79; Fernández, 2007b: 131.
  • Status as species: Roger, 1863b: 30; Mayr, 1863: 440; Emery & Forel, 1879: 464; André, 1883b: 397 (in key); Dalla Torre, 1893: 71; Emery, 1908f: 554; Emery, 1922e: 188; Ceballos, 1956: 305; Ettershank, 1966: 92; Kutter, 1968b: 203; Collingwood, 1978: 76 (in key); Bolton, 1987: 281; Bolton, 1995b: 316; Borowiec, L. 2014: 142.
  • Distribution: Spain.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Emery, C. "Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]." en Wytsman, P. "Genera Insectorum" 174B (1922): 95-206.
• Roger, J. "Verzeichniss der Formiciden-Gattungen und Arten." Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 7 (1863): 1-65.
• Tinaut A. 2016. Ants of the Tejeda, Almijara and Alhama Mountains Natural Park (Andalusia, Spain) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Boln. Asoc. esp. Ent., 40 (1-2): 125-159.