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Species: Monomorium minimum

Name Status: Valid Name

Taxonomic Hierarchy:

Subfamily: Myrmicinae Genus: Monomorium

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2013)

Myrmica (Monomorium) minima Buckley, 1866 PDF: 338 (w.q.) U.S.A. AntCat AntWiki

Taxonomic history

Emery, 1895d PDF: 274 (m.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1955c PDF: 122 (l.); Crozier, 1970a PDF: 116 (k.).

Combination in Monomorium: Emery, 1895d PDF: 274.

Subspecies of Monomorium minutum: Emery, 1895d PDF: 274; Wheeler, 1904f PDF: 301; Wheeler, 1906g PDF: 2.

Revived status as species: Wheeler, 1910a PDF: 562; Wheeler, 1913d PDF: 115; Wheeler, 1914c PDF: 42; Dennis, 1938 PDF: 279.

Senior synonym of Monomorium atra: Emery, 1895d PDF: 274; of Monomorium metoecus: Brown, in Ettershank, 1966 PDF: 90.

See also: Wheeler & Wheeler, 1973a PDF: 30; DuBois, 1986 PDF: 76.

Distribution:

NEARCTIC; NEOTROPICAL: USA, Paraguay, Mexico

Biology:

Virtually ubiquitous in grassland and drier wooded habitats

Taxon Page Author History

Taxonomic Treatment (provided by Plazi)

Fernández, F., 2007:
Kempf (1972) recorded this species from Paraguay, following Forel (1917). However, I know of no confirmed records of this species from Paraguay or any other Neotropical country and it is not included in the key below.

Wild, A. L., 2007:
Literature records: Central (Forel 1907b).
Monomorium minimum is a North American species. Record may refer to the introduced species M. floricola .

Specimen Data Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 1 times found in pine-fir forest, 1 times found in oak conifer woods, 1 times found in Open grassy-herb. slope w/scattered Pinyon and Ponderosa Pine to 30' tall., 00p.m. times found in sand, grass, live oak; 1

Collected most commonly using these methods or in the following microhabitats: 1 times along trail in fallen pine, 1 times search

Elevations: collected from 5 - 2830 meters, 1323 meters average