Monomorium chilense

This species nests under rocks or in dead branches of dead, standing trees. Ground nests are typically one or two chambers. Mature colonies contain a single queen and up to 500 workers.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Chile.

Nomenclature

 * bicolor. Megalomyrmex bicolor Ettershank, 1965: 55, figs. 1-5 (w.l.) CHILE.
 * Type-material: holotype worker, 3 paratype workers.
 * Type-locality: holotype Chile: Coquimbo Prov., Pachon Peak (Cerro Pachon), nr La Serena, 8500±100 ft (E. Ackerman); paratypes with same data.
 * Type-depository: MCZC.
 * [Junior secondary homonym of Monomorium bicolor Emery, 1877b: 368.]
 * Combination in Nothidris: Snelling, R.R. 1975: 3;
 * combination in Monomorium: Fernández, in Heterick, 2006: 79.
 * Status as species: Ettershank, 1966: 105; Kempf, 1970a: 23; Kempf, 1970b: 359 (redescription); Kempf, 1972a: 139; Snelling, R.R. & Hunt, 1976: 81; Brandão, 1991: 361; Bolton, 1995b: 259.
 * Replacement name: Monomorium chilensis Fernández, 2007b: 132.
 * . Monomorium chilensis Fernández, 2007b: 132.
 * Replacement name for Megalomyrmex bicolor Ettershank, 1965: 55. [Junior secondary homonym of Monomorium bicolor Emery, 1877b: 368.]
 * Distribution: Chile.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Kempf W. W. 1970. Catálogo das formigas do Chile. Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo) 23: 17-43.
 * Kempf W. W. 1970. Taxonomic notes on ants of the genus Megalomyrmex Forel, with the description of new species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Studia Entomologica 13: 353-364.
 * Snelling R. R., and J. H. Hunt. 1975. The ants of Chile (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Revista Chilena de Entomología 9: 63-129.