Monomorium destructor (Jerdon, 1851)

Collingwood, C. A., Pohl, F., Güsten, R., Wranik, W., van Harten, A., 2004, The ants (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Socotra Archipelago, Fauna of Arabia 20, pp. 473-495 : 484

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https://doi.org/ 0.5281/zenodo.12560

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6269278

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scientific name

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.

NHMB

Switzerland, Basel, Naturhistorisches Museum

NHCY

NHCY

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Monomorium

Loc

Monomorium destructor (Jerdon, 1851)

Collingwood, C. A., Pohl, F., Güsten, R., Wranik, W., van Harten, A. 2004
2004
Loc

Atta destructor

Jerdon 1851
1851
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