Monomorium subopacum planidorsum

Monomorium subopacum planidorsum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Solenopsidini
Genus:	Monomorium
Species:	M. subopacum
Subspecies:	M. subopacum planidorsum
Trinomial name
	Monomorium subopacum planidorsum; Emery, 1915

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 32.583333° to 32.172222°.


North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Tunisia (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.

Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

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

planidorsum. Monomorium salomonis subsp. planidorsa Emery, 1915e: 378 (w.) LIBYA.
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: Libya: Tripolitania, Cussabat (= Msallata) (no collector’s name).
- Type-depository: MSNG.
- Subspecies of salomonis: Emery, 1922e: 178; Ettershank, 1966: 91.
- Subspecies of subopacum: Santschi, 1927d: 244; Menozzi, 1940: 268; Bolton, 1995b: 266.
- Distribution: Libya.

Description

References

Emery, C. 1915c. Su due formiche della Tripolitania. Boll. Lab. Zool. Gen. Agrar. R. Sc. Super. Agric. 9: 378 (page 378, worker described)
Santschi, F. 1927e. Révision myrmécologique. Bull. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 67: 240-248 (page 244, Stirps of subopacum)