Monomorium Mayr

Ward, P. S., 2005, A synoptic review of the ants of California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., Zootaxa 936, pp. 1-68 : 34

publication ID

21008

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6268133

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/FB4F61A0-1689-BFC1-4115-698C472C027C

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Thomas

scientific name

Monomorium Mayr
status

 

Genus Monomorium Mayr View in CoL   HNS

California appears to have a single indigenous species of this genus, M. ergatogyna   HNS , a ground-nesting species which is widely but patchily distributed throughout the state except at high elevations. The reasons for treating M. wheelerorum   HNS as a junior synonym have been discussed above (under “Taxonomic Changes”). The introduced Pharaoh’s ant, M. pharaonis (Linnaeus)   HNS , is a frequent pest in buildings in urban California. A second introduced species, similar to M. pharaonis   HNS but with a more elongate head and more shagreened sculpture, has been collected once in the state (images and locality information on AntWeb).

Species identification: keys in Wheeler and Wheeler (1986g). Additional references: Adams and Traniello (1981), Andersen et al. (1991), Berndt and Eichler (1987), Bolton (1987), DuBois (1986, 2000), Fernández (2005), Heterick (2001), Jones et al. (1982a, 1982b), Knight and Rust (1990).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

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