Monomorium hesperium

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Canary Islands.

Castes
Bolton (1986) described ergatoid queens in this species, and referred to them as 'apterous queens' because of small degree of thorax simplification

Nomenclature

 * . Monomorium hesperium Emery, 1895b: 66, fig. 3 (w.) SPAIN (Canary Is).
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: Spain: Canary Is (Ch. Alluaud).
 * Type-depository: MSNG.
 * Espadaler & Agosti, 1985: 295 (q.).
 * Combination in Monomorium (Xeromyrmex): Emery, 1922e: 177.
 * Status as species: Emery, 1908h: 680; Emery, 1922e: 177; Wheeler, W.M. 1927g: 106; Wellenius, 1955: 7; Ettershank, 1966: 89; Báez & Ortega, 1978: 190; Barquin Diez, 1981: 155; Espadaler & Agosti, 1985: 295; Bolton, 1987: 294; Hohmann, et al. 1993: 153; Bolton, 1995b: 262; Borowiec, L. 2014: 120 (see note in bibliography).
 * Distribution: Spain (Canary Is).
 * Current subspecies: nominal plus lanzarotense.

Type Material
Bolton (1987) - Holotype worker, Canary Islands: no loco (Alluaud) [examined].

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Bolton B. 1987. A review of the Solenopsis genus-group and revision of Afrotropical Monomorium Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 54: 263-452.
 * Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
 * Emery, C. "Beiträge zur Monographie der Formiciden des paläarktischen Faunengebietes. (Hym.) Teil V. Monomorium." Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1908 (1908): 663-686.
 * Emery, C. "Sopra alcune formiche della fauna mediterranea." Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna (5)5 (1895): 59-75 [pagination of separate: 291-307].
 * Espadaler, X., and Donat Agosti. "Monomorium hesperium Emery: description de la femelle." Mitteilungen der Schweirzerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 58 (1985): 295-297.
 * Ettershank G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Aust. J. Zool. 14: 73-171.
 * Hohmann H., F. La Roche, G. Ortega, and J. Barquín. 1993. Bienen, Wespen und Ameisen der Kanarischen Inseln. Veröff. Überseemus. Bremen Naturwiss. 12: 14.
 * Santschi, F. "Fourmis d'Espagne et des Canaries." Boletín de la Real Sociedad española de Historia natural (Madrid) 19 (1919): 241-248.
 * Schulz, A. "Epimyrma birgitae nova species, eine sozialparasitische Ameisenart (Hym.: Formicidae) auf Teneriffa (Kanarische Inseln, Spanien)." Beiträge zur Entomologie 44 (1994): 431-440.
 * Wellenius, O. H. "Entomologische Ergebnisse der finnländischen Kanaren-Expedition 1947-1951. No. 10. Formicidae Insularum Canariensium. Systematik, Ökologie und Verbreitung der Kanarischen Formiciden." Commentationes Biologicae Societas Scienitarum Fennica 15(8) (1955): 1-20.
 * Wheeler, W. M. "The ants of the Canary Islands." Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 62 (1927): 93-120.