Trichomyrmex dentigera

Trichomyrmex dentigera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Solenopsidini
Genus:	Trichomyrmex
Species group:	dentigera
Species:	T. dentigera
Binomial name
Trichomyrmex dentigera (Roger, 1862) Specimen Labels
Synonyms
Monomorium dentigerum baal Wheeler & Mann, 1916

Identification

Keys including this Species

• Key to Trichomyrmex

Distribution

Records from Greece and Turkey are probably based on misidentifications with Trichomyrmex perplexus (Borowiec, 2014).

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Israel, Syria (type locality), Türkiye, Turkmenistan.

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.

Castes

Images from AntWeb

Worker. Specimen code casent0179901. Photographer Erin Prado, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by CAS, San Francisco, CA, USA.

Nomenclature

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

• dentigera. Atta dentigera Roger, 1862b: 259 (w.) SYRIA, IRAQ.
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-localities: Syria and Iraq (“Mesopotamia”): (no further data).
  • Type-depositories: MIZW, MNHU.
  • Emery, 1908h: 668 (q.m.).
  • Combination in Aphaenogaster: Roger, 1863b: 30;
  • combination in Holcomyrmex: André, 1883b: 346; Hamann & Klemm, 1976: 672;
  • combination in M. (Holcomyrmex): Forel, 1913d: 430; Emery, 1922e: 181;
  • combination in Monomorium: Emery, 1908h: 667; Radchenko, 1997f: 216;
  • combination in Trichomyrmex: (provisional, unpublished).
  • [Note: name omitted from list in Ward, et al. 2015: 76, but included in scabriceps group revision by Radchenko, 1997f: 216.]
  • Status as species: Roger, 1863b: 30; Mayr, 1863: 396; André, 1881b: 76; André, 1883b: 346 (in key); Dalla Torre, 1893: 65; Forel, 1906c: 189; Emery, 1908h: 667; Karavaiev, 1911: 4; Forel, 1911d: 338; Forel, 1913d: 430; Emery, 1915h: 1; Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1916: 171; Crawley, 1920a: 166; Emery, 1922e: 181; Karavaiev, 1926b: 109; Finzi, 1928c: 789; Finzi, 1930d: 313; Menozzi, 1933b: 64; Menozzi, 1936d: 284; Arnol'di, 1948: 211 (in list); Ettershank, 1966: 88; Hamann & Klemm, 1976: 672; Aktaç, 1977: 122; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 55; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 272 (in key); Kugler, J. 1988: 258; Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 234; Collingwood, 1993b: 194; Arakelian, 1994: 46; Bolton, 1995b: 261; Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 344; Radchenko, 1997f: 216; Petrov, 2006: 94 (in key); Gratiashvili & Barjadze, 2008: 139; Vonshak, et al. 2009: 43; Paknia, et al. 2010: 33; Legakis, 2011: 14; Kiran & Karaman, 2012: 21; Borowiec, L. 2014: 118; Tohmé, G. & Tohmé, 2014: 136; Borowiec, L. & Salata, 2020: 13.
  • Senior synonym of baal: Radchenko, 1997f: 216.
  • Distribution: Azerbaijan, Georgia, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Oman, Syria, Turkey.
• baal. Monomorium (Holcomyrmex) dentigerum var. baal Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1916: 171 (w.) SYRIA, JORDAN.
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “numerous specimens”).
  • Type-localities: Syria: Shiba, 1914 (W.M. Mann), Jordan (“Palestine”): Wady Kerak, 1914 (W.M. Mann).
  • Type-depository: MCZC.
  • Subspecies of dentigerum: Emery, 1922e: 181; Menozzi, 1933b: 65 (in key); Ettershank, 1966: 87.
  • Status as species: Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 55; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 272 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 259; Borowiec, L. 2014: 116 (error); Petrov, 2006: 94 (in key) (error); Vonshak, et al. 2009: 43 (error); Tohmé, G. & Tohmé, 2014: 136 (error); Borowiec, L. & Salata, 2020: 13 (error).
  • Junior synonym of dentigera: Radchenko, 1997f: 216.

Taxonomic Notes

Name omitted from list in Ward, et al. 2015: 76, but included in scabriceps group revision by Radchenko, 1997f: 216.

References

• André, E. 1883b. Les fourmis. [concl.]. Pp. 345-404 in: André, Edm. 1881-1886. Species des Hyménoptères d'Europe et d'Algérie. Tome Deuxième. Beaune: Edmond André, 919 + 48 pp. (page 346, Combination in Holcomyrmex)
• Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
• Emery, C. 1908j. Beiträge zur Monographie der Formiciden des paläarktischen Faunengebietes. (Hym.) Teil V. Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 1908: 663-686 (page 667, Combination in Monomorium)
• Emery, C. 1908j. Beiträge zur Monographie der Formiciden des paläarktischen Faunengebietes. (Hym.) Teil V. Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 1908: 663-686 (page 668, queen, male described)
• Kiran, K., Karaman, C. 2020. Additions to the ant fauna of Turkey (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Zoosystema 42(18), 285-329 (doi:10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a18).
• Radchenko, A. G. 1997g. Review of the ants of scabriceps group of the genus Monomorium Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Ann. Zool. (Warsaw) 46: 211-224 (page 216, see also)
• Roger, J. 1862b. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Ameisenfauna der Mittelmeerländer. II. Berl. Entomol. Z. 6: 255-262 (page 259, worker described)
• Roger, J. 1863b. Verzeichniss der Formiciden-Gattungen und Arten. Berl. Entomol. Z. 7(B Beilage: 1-65 (page 30, Combination in Aphaenogaster)
• Snegovaya, N., Shigayev, C. 2021. A checklist of the ants (Insecta, Formicidae) of Azerbaijan Republic. Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics 17(2): 179-207 (doi:10.22067/ijab.2022.67343.1000).