Monomorium andrei

This species is known in the western Mediterranean region: Algeria, Gibraltar, Spain (including Balearic Islands), and Lebanon (Borowiec, 2014; Tohmé & Tohmé, 2014). In Algeria, two subspecies can be distinguished: Monomorium andrei bernardi in Tassili and Monomorium andrei fur in Oran (Barech et al, 2017). In Morocco, the species was recently captured for the first time, in an oasis in the south of the country (Taheri, El Mahroussi, Reyes-López, Bennas & Brito, 2021). So far, it was only detected in human-disturbed areas and could be considered as an introduced species. In Marrakech, it was collected using the sifting leaf litter method and in Ksar El Kbeir by pitfall trap. (Taheri & Reyes-Lopez, 2023)

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Balearic Islands, Gibraltar, Iberian Peninsula, Spain.

Nomenclature

 * . Monomorium andrei Saunders, E. 1890: 204 (w.) GIBRALTAR.
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “several”).
 * Type-locality: Gibraltar: (J.J. Walker).
 * Type-depository: BMNH.
 * Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 65; Wasmann, 1894: 162; Emery, 1908h: 682; Emery, 1922e: 171; Ceballos, 1956: 305; Ettershank, 1966: 87; Cagniant, 1970a: 418; Collingwood, 1978: 82 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 259; Gómez & Espadler, 2006: 227; Borowiec, L. 2014: 115 (see note in bibliography); Tohmé, G. & Tohmé, 2014: 136; Lebas, et al. 2016: 302.
 * Distribution: Gibraltar, Spain.
 * Current subspecies: nominal plus bernardi, fur, furunculum.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Arcos J., X. Espadaler, and C. Catarineu. 2013. New records of Temnothorax cristinae (Espadaler, 1997) from the south-east Iberian Peninsula and extension of its description. Iberomyrmex 5: 5-8.
 * Barech G., M. Khaldi, X. Espadaler, and H. Cagniant. 2017. The genus Monomorium Mayr, 1855 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the Maghreb (North Africa): Identification key, redescription of Monomorium major Bernard, 1953 and new records from Algeria. Boletin de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 61: 151-157.
 * Bernard F. 1953. Les fourmis du Tassili des Ajjer. Pp. 121-250 in: Bernard, F. (ed.) 1953. Mission scientifique au Tassili des Ajjer (1949). Volume I. Recherches zoologiques et médicales. Paris: P. Lechevalier, 302 pp.
 * Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
 * Dalla Torre, K. W.. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae. Vol. 7. Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 1893.
 * Delye, G., and J. L. Bonaric. "Fourmis du sud Marocain." Etude de certains milieux du Maroc et de leux evolution recente RCP 249 (1973).
 * Emery, C.. "Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]." en Wytsman, P. "Genera Insectorum" 174B (1922): 95-206.
 * Forel, A. 1894. Les formicides de la province d'Oran (Algerie). Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 30: 1-45.
 * Reyes López, J. L., and G. Luque García. "Nuevas citas de Monomorium andrei Saunders, 1890 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) para la Península Ibérica y Baleares." Boletín de la Asociación Española de Entomología 27 (1-4) (2003): 221-222.
 * Tohme G., and H. Tohme. 2014. Nouvelles liste des especes de fourmis du Liban (Hymenoptera, Formicoidea). Lebanese Science Journal 15(1): 133-141.
 * Trigos Peral G., and J. Reyes Lopez. 2016. Ants as bioindicators for monitoring of urban green in the south of the Iberian Peninsula. Proposal of functional groups. Iberomyrmex 8: 37-38.