Monomorium taprobanae

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Monomorium taprobanae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Solenopsidini
Genus: Monomorium
Species: M. taprobanae
Binomial name
Monomorium taprobanae
Forel, 1913

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Specimen Labels

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Oriental Region: Sri Lanka (type locality).

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

Castes

Nomenclature

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

  • taprobanae. Monomorium minutum var. taprobanae Forel, 1913k: 53 (w.q.) SRI LANKA.
    • Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated).
    • Type-locality: Sri Lanka (“Ceylon”): Peradeniya (v. Buttel-Reepen).
    • Type-depository: MHNG.
    • Subspecies of minutum: Emery, 1922e: 172; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 167; Ettershank, 1966: 92.
    • Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 267; Dias, R.K.S. et al. 2020: 79.
    • Distribution: Sri Lanka.

Description

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 267, Raised to species)
  • Forel, A. 1913l. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise nach Ostindien ausgeführt im Auftrage der Kgl. Preuss. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin von H. v. Buttel-Reepen. II. Ameisen aus Sumatra, Java, Malacca und Ceylon. Gesammelt von Herrn Prof. Dr. v. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 36: 1-148 (page 53, worker, queen described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics