Monomorium destructor (Jerdon, 1851)
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Monomorium destructor (Jerdon, 1851) View in CoL Fig. 10
Atta destructor Jerdon, 1851 . - Madras J. Lit. Sci. 17: 105. (India).
Monomorium destructor . - COLLINGWOOD & VAN HARTEN 1994: 39.
Specimens examined: Yemen, Socotra Island:spms from Adho Dimello , III.1967, K.M. Guichard, NHMB ; spms from Mouri , IV.1997, W. Wranik, CWWR ; spms from Farmihin , 24.IX.1998, W. Wranik, CWWR ; spms from Diasma , 30.IX.1998, W. Wranik, CWWR ; nest sample, Adho Dimello, base camp , 12°34'N 54°02'E, 940 m, 03.II.1999, H. Pohl, HLMD-Hym-2079 , NHCY GoogleMaps ; spms from Mogasu , 03.III.1999, W. Wranik, CWWR ; 7 ☿☿, Wadi Daneghan , 12°37'N 54°04'E, 90 m, pitfall traps, 28-30.X.2000, A. van Harten & H. Pohl, HLMD-Hym-2081 , NHCY GoogleMaps . - Yemen, Abd al-Kuri Island: many ☿☿, west coast, 12°10'N 53°15E, above 200 m, 18.II.1999, H. Pohl, HLMD-Hym-2080 , NHCY .
Remarks: As another commonly transferred species, M. destructor has been particularly successful in south-east Asia and on islands throughout the tropics. Recent sampling has proved it also to be common in Arabia (Collingwood & Agosti 1996). Its origin is probably the Indian subcontinent. Larger colonies may contain several sizes of workers. They usually have yellowish alitrunks and darker gasters.
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Monomorium destructor (Jerdon, 1851)
Collingwood, C. A., Pohl, F., Güsten, R., Wranik, W., van Harten, A. 2004 |
Atta destructor
Jerdon 1851 |