Trichomyrmex bodenheimeri

Trichomyrmex bodenheimeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Solenopsidini
Genus:	Trichomyrmex
Species:	T. bodenheimeri
Binomial name
Trichomyrmex bodenheimeri (Menozzi, 1929)

Identification

Keys including this Species

• Key to Trichomyrmex

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 28.4125° to 28.4125°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Israel (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.

• bodenheimeri. Monomorium (Equestrimessor) bodenheimeri Menozzi, 1929e: 125, figs. H, I (w.) EGYPT.
  • Type-material: holotype worker.
  • Type-locality: Egypt: Sinai, Wadi Tarfa (F.S. Bodenheimer).
  • Type-depository: IEUB.
  • Combination in Trichomyrmex: (provisional, unpublished).
  • [Note: provisional combination as original description cites Equestrimessor.]
  • Status as species: Finzi, 1936: 178; Ettershank, 1966: 88; Kugler, J. 1988: 257; Bolton, 1995b: 260; Vonshak, et al. 2009: 43; Borowiec, L. 2014: 116.
  • Distribution: Egypt, Israel.

Taxonomic Notes

Provisional combination in Trichomyrmex as original description cites Equestrimessor.

References

• Menozzi, C. 1929f. Formiche del Sinai raccolte dal Dr. F. S. Bodenheimer, con descrizione di una nuova specie di Monomorium del sottogen. Equestrimessor. Pp. 125-128 in: Bodenheimer, F. S., Theodor, O. Ergebnisse der Sinai-Expedition 1927 der Hebräischen Universität, Jerusalem. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'schum, 142 pp. (page 125, figs. H, I worker described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
• Kugler J. 1988. The zoogeography of Israel. 9. The zoogeography of social insects of Israel and Sinai. Monographiae biologicae 62: 251-275.
• Menozzi C. 1929. Formiche del Sinai raccolte dal Dr. F. S. Bodenheimer, con descrizione di una nuova specie di Monomorium del sottogen. Equestrimessor. Pp. 125-128 in: Bodenheimer, F. S., Theodor, O. Ergebnisse der Sinai-Expedition 1927 der Hebräischen Universität, Jerusalem. Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'schum, 142 pp.
• Vonshak M., and A. Ionescu-Hirsch. 2009. A checklist of the ants of Israel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Israel Journal of Entomology 39: 33-55.