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Monomorium stagnum
| Monomorium stagnum | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Solenopsidini |
| Genus: | Monomorium |
| Species: | M. stagnum |
| Binomial name | |
| Monomorium stagnum Sparks, 2015 | |
Little is known about the biology of Monomorium stagnum.
Identification
Sparks et al. (2015) - A member of the M. rothsteini species group. A medium sized species with a deeply concave clypeus, strigate frons and sculpture mesonotum. T1 is finely reticulate over anterior half.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
This species is known from the Kimberley region of Western Australia and far northern areas in the Northern Territory including Melville Island.
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -11.48° to -14.8167°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia (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
Genetics
COI sequences. Genbank accession numbers for this species are KC573011, KC573012, KC573015 and KC573016.
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- stagnum. Monomorium stagnum Sparks, in Sparks et al. 2014: 519, figs. 7j-l, 11f (w.) AUSTRALIA (Western Australia, Northern Territory).
- Type-material: holotype worker, 42 paratype workers.
- Type-locality: holotype Australia: Western Australia, Kimberley Region, Mitchell Falls, site 1, -14.8167, 125.6833, 18.vii.2007, TERC11 (A.N. Andersen); paratypes: 20 workers with same data, 10 workers Mitchell Falls camp, -14.8167, 128.6833, 18.ix.2007, TERC21 (A.N. Andersen), 9 workers Mitchell Falls, -14.2333, 125.6833, 18.vii.2007, TERC20 (A.N. Andersen), 3 workers Mitchell Plateau Fire Study, -14.7667, 125.7833, vi.2007, TERC6 (J. Lanoue).
- Type-depositories: WAMP (holotype); NTDA, SAMA, WAMP (paratypes).
- Distribution: Australia.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
Worker
(n=9). HW 0.78–1.01, HL 0.82–0.98, EL 0.16–0.19, PMH 0.29–0.43, PH 0.29–0.35, PNH 0.19–0.23, LHW 0.47–0.59, EW 0.10–0.12, PML 0.51–0.68, ML 0.90–1.09, PL 0.41–0.49, PNWdv 0.21–0.31.
Medium sized species with a medium sized, rectangular head; posterior cephalic margin straight to slightly concave. Anterodorsal margin of the clypeus deeply concave with frontolateral carinae produced anteriorly, extending well beyond anteroventral margin, with acute anterolateral angles and with small, rounded, preapical teeth or nodules; anteroventral margin with or without a small median projection. Frons strigate, extending well above antennal lobes; coarse lateral cephalic strigae reach anterior eye margin. Eyes medium, EW 0.20–0.23 x LHW, number of ommatidia in longest vertical axis, 11 and 9 in longest horizontal axis.
Mesonotum strigulate with shallow alveolae in between strigulae over entire surface posteriad of promesonotal suture or with sculpture restricted to lateral curvature, metanotal groove and posterior mesonotum. Mesopleuron alveolate with a few strigae extending anteriorly from metanotal groove. Propodeum in lateral view with dorsolateral angles clearly forming an obtuse angle, sculpture alveolate, laterally with strigae extending over metapleural gland bulla and extending between spiracle and posterodorsal corner in some specimens; dorsally with prominent transverse anterior ridge and transverse and longitudinal strigae present. Petiole node of moderate width, between 2 and 2.5 x eye width when viewed from above, oval in shape in posterior view, anterior and posterior faces converging to a broadly rounded dorsum in lateral view. Petiole and postpetiole finely reticulate, sculpture not extending onto dorsal surface. T1 finely reticulate, covering at least anterior half of surface.
Head, mesosoma and legs light to dark amber orange, some specimens with mesosoma and legs infuscated, petiole and postpetiole infuscated on dorsal half, metasomal tergites dark brown, sternites amber, hairs dull yellow.
Type Material
Holotype worker. Western Australia, Kimberley Region, Mitchell Falls, site 1, -14.8167, 125.6833, 18 Jul 2007, A. Andersen, TERC11 (deposited in WAM). Paratypes. Western Australia. 20 workers, same data as holotype; 10 workers, Kimberley Region, Mitchell Falls camp, -14.8167, 128.6833, 18 Sep 2007, A. Andersen, TERC21; 9 workers Kimberley Region, Mitchell Falls, -14.2333, 125.6833, 18 Jul 2007, A. Andersen, TERC20; 3 workers, Mitchell Plateau Fire Study, -14.7667, 125.7833, Jun 2007, J. Lanoue, TERC 6 (deposited in NTM, South Australian Museum, WAM).
Etymology
The specific name is taken from the Latin word for “pool” and refers to the pools of water that are found at the type locality Mitchell Falls.
References
- Sparks, K. 2015. Australian Monomorium: Systematics and species delimitation with a focus of the M. rothsteini complex. Ph.D. thesis, University of Adelaide.
- Sparks, K.S., Andersen, A.N. and Austin, A.D. 2015. Systematics of the Monomorium rothsteini Forel species complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), a problematic ant group in Australia. Zootaxa. 3893:489–529. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3893.4.2
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Sparks K. S., A. N. Andersen, and A. D. Austin. 2014. Systematics of the Monomorium rothsteini Forel species complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), a problematic ant group in Australia. Zootaxa 3893(4): 489-529.