Monomorium bidentata

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: India.

Nomenclature

 * . Myrmica bidentata Smith, F. 1858b: 124 (w.) INDIA (West Bengal).
 * Type-material: holotype (?) worker.
 * [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
 * Type-locality: India: Calcutta, “(Coll. East India House)”.
 * Type-depository: unknown (not in BMNH; no type-material known to exist).
 * Unidentifiable taxon: Forel, 1903a: 698.
 * Status as species: Mayr, 1863: 431; Smith, F. 1871a: 326; Dalla Torre, 1893: 109; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 125; Bolton, 1995b: 277.
 * Unidentifiable to genus; incertae sedis in Myrmica: Bolton, 1995b: 277.
 * Combination in Monomorium: Radchenko & Elmes, 2001: 238.
 * [Note: the combination in Monomorium is unconvincing; see note under bidentatum Mayr. Bingham, 1903: 212, suggests that bidentata Smith, F. may belong in Solenopsis.]