Monomorium destructor

Monomorium destructor

Taxonavigation

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 destructor

Name

Monomorium destructor (Jerdon, 1851)

Syntype: workers, India (T. C. Jerdon) (no types known to exist).

Synonyms

• Atta destructor Jerdon, 1851: 105 (w.); Bingham, 1903: 209 (q.m.)
• Monomorium destructor Dalla Torre, 1893: 66
• Monomorium (Parholcomyrmex) destructor Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 874 [Senior synonym of ominosa (and its junior synonym atomaria): Dalla Torre, 1893: 66; of basalis: Forel, 1894b: 86; of vexator: Donisthorpe, 1932c: 468; of gracillima: Bolton, 1987: 324]
• Monomorium destructor Smith, D.R. 1979: 1382; Bolton, 1987: 324; Heterick, 2006: 96

References

• 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.