Monomorium schurri

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: India, Pakistan.

Biology
This species is found in grasslands, field crops of maize and wheat, apple orchards and pine trees. (Mohyuddin et al., 2020)

Nomenclature

 * . Monomorium schurri Forel, 1902c: 212 (w.q.) INDIA (no state data).
 * Type-material: syntype worker(s), syntype queen(s) (numbers not stated).
 * Type-locality: India: (no further data).
 * [Note: Forel, 1903a: 688, records “Pachmari (Schurr)”, which is probably the type-locality.]
 * Type-depository: MHNG.
 * Combination in M. (Xeromyrmex): Emery, 1922e: 178.
 * Status as species: Forel, 1903a: 688; Bingham, 1903: 203; Emery, 1922e: 178; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 166; Ettershank, 1966: 92; Bolton, 1995b: 266; Tiwari, 1999: 57; Mathew & Tiwari, 2000: 305; Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 40; Rasheed, et al. 2019: 433.
 * Distribution: India, Myanmar, Pakistan.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Ettershank G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Aust. J. Zool. 14: 73-171.
 * Forel A. 1903. Les Formicides de l'Empire des Indes et de Ceylan. Part X. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 14: 679-715.
 * Mathew R., and R. N. Tiwari. 2000. Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae. Pp. 251-409 in: Director; Zoological Survey of India (ed.) 2000. Fauna of of Meghalaya. Part 7. [State Fauna Series 4.] Insecta 2000. Calcutta: Zoological Survey of India, 621 pp.
 * Rasheed M. T., I. Bodlah, A. G. Fareen, A. A. Wachkoo, X. Huang, and S. A. Akbar. 2019. A checklist of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Pakistan. Sociobiology 66(3): 426-439.
 * Umair M., A. Zia, M. Naeem, and M. T. Chaudhry. 2012. Species composition of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Potohar Plateau of Punjab Province, Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Zoology 44(3): 669-705.