Species: Monomorium sahlbergi

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Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2023)

Monomorium sahlbergi Emery, 1898c PDF: 131, fig. (w.eq.) ISRAEL. Palearctic. Primary type information: Type-material: 5 syntype workers, 2 syntype ergatoid queens. Type-locality: Israel: Jericho (J. Sahlberg). Type-depository: MSNG. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Status as species: Emery, 1908j PDF: 684; Emery, 1922c PDF: 174; Menozzi, 1933b PDF: 65 (in key); Ettershank, 1966 PDF: 92; Kugler, 1988 PDF: 257; Bolton, 1995b: 266; Vonshak & Ionescu-Hirsch, 2010 PDF: 43; Borowiec, 2014 PDF: 125; Boer et al., 2020 10.3897/zookeys.979.55342 PDF: 93.

Senior synonym of Monomorium dichroum: Boer et al., 2020 10.3897/zookeys.979.55342 PDF: 93

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Distribution:

  Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists):
    Africa: Madagascar
    Americas: Panama, United States
    Asia: China, India, Israel, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
    Oceania: New Zealand
  Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists):
    Australasia, Indomalaya, Malagasy, Nearctic, Neotropical, Palearctic

Specimen Habitat Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 7 times found in urban/garden, 2 times found in exterior house, 2 times found in Apple computer assembly plant.

Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 6 times ground forager(s), 3 times on low vegetation, 1 times pallet from Thailand, 1 times ex pallet from Thialand.

Collected most commonly using these methods: 2 times water traps.

Elevations: collected from 5 - 400 meters, 81 meters average

Collect Date Range: collected between 1961-11-23 00:00:00.0 and 2016-04-09 00:00:00.0

Type specimens: syntype of Monomorium dichroum: casent0902222, casent0908718, casent0917812; syntype of Monomorium sahlbergi: casent0904576, casent0904577

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