Monomorium bidentatum

Monomorium bidentatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Solenopsidini
Genus: Monomorium
Species: M. bidentatum
Binomial name
Monomorium bidentatum
Mayr, 1887
Synonyms
  • Notomyrmex bidentatum
  • Nothidris bidentatus
  • Antichthonidris bidentatus
  • Antichthonidris bidentata

Monomorium bidentatum is a species of ant in the subfamily Myrmicinae. It is endemic to two South American countries, Chile and Argentina.

Description

Workers are around 3.5 millimetres (0.14 in) long. The general color is dark brown, with the mandibles, antennae and legs slightly lighter. Females are almost 4.5 mm (0.18 in) long, but otherwise very similar to workers.[2]

Distribution

M. bidentatum is found in Chile and Argentina.[3] It was first described from Valdivia, Chile.[2]

Taxonomy

The genus Antichthonidris contained only two species, A. bidentata and A. denticulata.[4] Both species were originally described by Gustav Mayr under genus Monomorium.[2] However, Antichthonidris was synonymized with Monomorium in 2001, so that this genus is no longer valid, and the two species are again known under their original name. The most famous species in the Monomorium genus is the highly invasive Pharaoh Ant, Monomorium Pharaonis.

References

  1. ↑ Social Insects Specialist Group (1996). "Antichthonidris bidentatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved April 19, 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 Gustav L. Mayr (1887). "Südamerikanische Formiciden" [South American Formicidae] (PDF). Verhandlungen der k.k. Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 37: 511–632.
  3. ↑ F. Fernández (2007). R. R. Snelling, B. L. Fisher & P. S. Ward, ed. "Two new South American species of Monomorium Mayr with taxonomic notes on the genus" (PDF). Advances in ant systematics (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): homage to E. O. Wilson – 50 years of contributions; Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 80: 128–145.
  4. ↑ "Antichthonidris". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.


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