Monomorium floricola

Monomorium floricola

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Formicoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Holometabola
Superordo: Hymenopterida
Ordo: Hymenoptera
Subordo: Apocrita
Superfamilia: Formicoidea

Familia: Formicidae
Subfamilia: Myrmicinae
Tribus: Solenopsidini
Genus: Monomorium
Species: Monomorium floricola
Subspecies: M. f. floricola – M. f. furinum – M. f. philippinense

Name

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Monomorium floricola (Jerdon, 1851)

Type locality: India.

Synonyms

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  • Atta floricola Jerdon, 1851: 107 (w.); Forel, 1893g: 388 (q.m.); Wheeler, W.M. 1905b: 88 (q.m.); Donisthorpe, 1914: 136 (gynandromorph); Crawley, 1920d: 217 (gynandromorph); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1955c: 121 (l.).
  • Monomorium floricola Mayr, 1879: 671
  • Monomorium poecilum Roger
  • Monomorium specularis Mayr
  • Monomorium cinnabari Roger
  • Monomorium floreanum Stitz
  • Monomorium angusticlava Donisthorpe
  • [Senior synonym of poecilum: Emery, 1894c: 151; of specularis: Mayr, 1879: 671; of cinnabari: Wheeler, W.M. 1913b: 486; of floreanum: Brown, in Linsley & Usinger, 1966: 175; of angusticlava, impressum: Bolton, 1987: 390; of furina, philippinensis: Heterick, 2006: 122]

References

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  • Jerdon, T.C. 1851: A catalogue of the species of ants found in southern India. Madras Journal of Literature and Science, 17: 103–127. PDF
  • 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.
  • Fernández, F. 2007: Two new South American species of Monomorium Mayr with taxonomic notes on the genus. Pages 128-145 in Snelling, Fisher & Ward. Advances in ant systematics (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Homage to E.O. Wilson - 50 years of contributions. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 80 pp.
  • Wetterer, J.K. 2010: Worldwide spread of the flower ant, Monomorium floricola (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecological news, 13: 19–27.