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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
›
Formicidae
›
Myrmicinae
›
Solenopsidini
›
Monomorium
›
Monomorium bicolor
Monomorium
bicolor
Emery, 1877
valid
Monomorium bicolor
Emery, 1877a
: 368 (w.) ERITREA. Afrotropic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated, “a great number”). Primary type locality: Eritrea: Bogos, Sciotel, 1870 (
O. Beccari
). Primary type depositories:
MRAC
,
MSNG
. Primary type specimen:
CASENT0904601
.
[Misspelled as
bicolour
by
Hita Garcia
et al.
, 2013
: 212.]
Mayr, 1901b
: 7 (q.)
Combination in
Monomorium (Xeromyrmex)
:
Wheeler, 1922
: 868
Subspecies of
Monomorium subopacum
:
Santschi, 1927e
: 244;
Santschi, 1935b
: 268;
Finzi, 1936
: 178;
Santschi, 1936a
: 42 (in key);
Finzi, 1939a
: 158.
Status as species:
Emery, 1881b
: 531 (in key);
André, 1883a
: 334 (in key);
André, 1884f
: 540;
Dalla Torre, 1893
: 66;
Forel, 1894b
: 88;
Mayr, 1901b
: 7;
Forel, 1903a
: 687;
Forel, 1903h
: 564;
Mayr, 1904b
: 4;
Forel, 1907d
: 18;
Forel, 1907h
: 15;
Emery, 1908j
: 677;
Santschi, 1908
: 518;
Forel, 1910c
: 251;
Karavaiev, 1911b
: 5;
Santschi, 1912b
: 163;
Santschi, 1914d
: 353;
Arnold, 1916
: 209;
Emery, 1922c
: 176;
Wheeler, 1922
: 162, 868;
Emery, 1922c
: 176;
Menozzi, 1926a
: 41;
Menozzi, 1930b
: 108;
Santschi, 1937d
: 222;
Donisthorpe, 1942a
: 28;
Weber, 1943d
: 314;
Donisthorpe, 1947f
: 109;
Menozzi & Consani, 1952
: 66;
Ettershank, 1966
: 87;
Collingwood, 1985
: 269;
Bolton, 1987
: 338 (redescription);
Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a
: 55;
Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b
: 272 (in key);
Bolton, 1995b
: 259;
Collingwood & Agosti, 1996
: 342;
Petrov, 2006
: 94 (in key);
Lush, 2008
: 72 (in key);
Collingwood
et al.
, 2011
: 433;
Hita Garcia
et al.
, 2013
: 212;
Borowiec, 2014
: 116 (see note in bibliography);
Salata & Borowiec, 2018c
: 47;
Lubertazzi, 2019
: 128;
Madl, 2019
: 15;
Sharaf
et al.
, 2021
: 26.
Senior synonym of
Monomorium bicolor aequatoriale
:
Bolton, 1987
: 338;
Bolton, 1995b
: 259.
Senior synonym of
Monomorium bicolor coerulescens
:
Santschi, 1914d
: 353 (in key);
Emery, 1922c
: 176;
Wheeler, 1922
: 869;
Bolton, 1987
: 338;
Bolton, 1995b
: 259.
Senior synonym of
Monomorium phoenicum
:
Sharaf
et al.
, 2021
: 26.
Senior synonym of
Monomorium bicolor rufibasis
:
Santschi, 1926b
: 240 (in text);
Santschi, 1927e
: 244;
Bolton, 1987
: 338;
Bolton, 1995b
: 259.
Senior synonym of
Monomorium bicolor tropicale
:
Bolton, 1987
: 338;
Bolton, 1995b
: 259.
Senior synonym of
Monomorium bicolor uelense
:
Bolton, 1987
: 338;
Bolton, 1995b
: 259.
Junior synonyms
Monomorium bicolor aequatoriale
Santschi, 1926
Monomorium bicolor coerulescens
Santschi, 1912
Monomorium bicolor rufibasis
Santschi, 1914
Monomorium bicolor tropicale
Santschi, 1926
Monomorium bicolor uelense
Santschi, 1926
Monomorium phoenicum
Santschi, 1927
Obsolete combination(s):
Monomorium subopacum phoenicum
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