Monomorium rugifrons

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: India.

Nomenclature

 * . Myrmica rugifrons Smith, F. 1858b: 124 (q.) INDIA (no state data).
 * Type-material: holotype queen.
 * Type-locality: “India (Penang) (Coll. East India House)”.
 * [Note: in original description locality is given as “India (Penang)”. Penang is in West Malaysia, far from India. Later Smith, F. 1871a: 326, gives “India; Penang”, implying two separate localities; but the original description implies that only a single specimen is present.]
 * Type-depository: unknown.
 * Combination in Monomorium: Radchenko & Elmes, 2001a: 238.
 * Unidentifiable taxon: Forel, 1903a: 698.
 * Status as species: Mayr, 1863: 435; Smith, F. 1871a: 326; Dalla Torre, 1893: 115; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 129; Bolton, 1995b: 282; Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 668; Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 40.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Bharti H. 2011. List of Indian ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Halteres 3: 79-87.
 * Bhoje P. M., K. Shilpa, and T. V. Sathe. 2014. Diversity of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Kolhapur district of Maharashtra, India. Uttar Pradesh J. Zool. 34(1): 23-25.
 * Raci N., C. Sravanthy, C. Sammaiah, and M. Thirupahaiah. 2015. Biodiversity of ants (Insecta-Hymenoptera) in agroecosystem and grass land in Jammikunta, Karimnagar District, Telangana, India. Journal ofEnvironment 4(1): 11-16.