Monomorium salomonis (Linnaeus 1758)

Extant: 10 valid subspecies

Formica salomonis Linnaeus, 1758 PDF: 580 (w.) [Note: Linnaeus, 1764: 418, restricts the distribution to Egypt, which may be regarded as the type-locality.] EGYPT. Palearctic. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

[Misspelled as salamonis by Arnold, 1916 PDF: 219, Arnold, 1944 PDF: 13; misspelled as solomonis by Wheeler & Mann, 1916 PDF: 170; misspelled as solamonis by Menozzi, 1940a PDF: 268; misspelled as salmonis by Petrov, 2006 PDF: 94 (in key).].André, 1883a: 342 (m.); Emery, 1908j PDF: 674 (w.q.m.).Combination in Monomorium: Roger, 1862c PDF: 294.Combination in Monomorium (Xeromyrmex): Emery, 1915g PDF: 190.Status as species: Linnaeus, 1764: 418; Linnaeus, 1767 PDF: 963; Forskål, 1775: 84; Gmelin, 1790 PDF: 2799; Christ, 1791 PDF: 507; Olivier, 1792: 503; Latreille, 1802a PDF: 291; Roger, 1862c PDF: 294; Roger, 1863b PDF: 32; Mayr, 1863a PDF: 429; Mayr, 1877a: 20 (in list); Emery, 1877: 369; Emery, 1878: 50; Emery & Forel, 1879 PDF: 456; Emery, 1880 PDF: 391; Emery, 1881b PDF: 531; André, 1883a: 336 (in key); André, 1884f: 540; Emery, 1884: 381; Saunders, 1890 PDF: 204; Emery, 1891c: 13; Scudder, 1891 PDF: 708; Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 69; Forel, 1894a PDF: 162; Forel, 1894d PDF: 19; Emery, 1895n: 66; Forel, 1895e PDF: 227, 233; Emery, 1901e PDF: 61; Ruzsky, 1902d PDF: 25; Forel, 1902a PDF: 152; Rothney, 1903: 97; Ruzsky, 1903b PDF: 316; Mayr, 1904b PDF: 4; Forel, 1904d PDF: 5; Forel, 1904g PDF: 422; Ruzsky, 1905b: 633; Wheeler, 1905c PDF: 123; Forel, 1907d PDF: 18; Forel, 1907h PDF: 15; Emery, 1908j PDF: 674; Santschi, 1908 PDF: 518; Forel, 1909k PDF: 372; Forel, 1910c PDF: 251; Karavaiev, 1911a PDF: 59; Karavaiev, 1911b PDF: 4; Karavaiev, 1912a PDF: 3; Wheeler & Mann, 1914 PDF: 19; Arnold, 1916 PDF: 219; Wheeler & Mann, 1916 PDF: 170; Emery, 1916a PDF: 161; Stitz, 1917 PDF: 346; Crawley, 1920a PDF: 165; Wheeler, 1922: 870, 1027; Emery, 1922c PDF: 177; Stitz, 1923: 156; Wheeler, 1923d PDF: 4; Wheeler, 1926a PDF: 3; Menozzi, 1927e PDF: 117; Wheeler, 1927g PDF: 107; Menozzi & Russo, 1930 PDF: 157; Menozzi, 1933b PDF: 66 (in key); Menozzi, 1934: 160; Grandi, 1935 PDF: 100; Finzi, 1936 PDF: 176; Santschi, 1936a PDF: 49 (redescription); Finzi, 1939a PDF: 158; Finzi, 1940 PDF: 160; Donisthorpe, 1942a PDF: 28; Arnold, 1944 PDF: 13; Donisthorpe, 1947f PDF: 109; Bernard, 1948 PDF: 145; Bernard, 1950c PDF: 290; Bernard, 1953a PDF: 159; Wellenius, 1955 PDF: 8; Bernard, 1956b PDF: 259; Ceballos, 1956: 305; Kempf, 1960f: 436; Cagniant, 1964 PDF: 89; Cagniant, 1966b PDF: 279; Ettershank, 1966 PDF: 92; Bernard, 1967a PDF: 169 (redescription); Hamann & Klemm, 1967 PDF: 413; Cagniant, 1968a PDF: 143; Collingwood & Yarrow, 1969 PDF: 66; Cagniant, 1970a PDF: 418; Bernard, 1971: 7; Baroni Urbani, 1971c PDF: 91; Kempf, 1972b PDF: 144; Alayo, 1974 PDF: 14 (in key); Báez & Ortega, 1978: 190; Collingwood, 1978 PDF: 82 (in key); Barquín, 1981: 183; Collingwood, 1985 PDF: 272; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b PDF: 273 (in key); Hohmann et al., 1993: 155; De Haro & Collingwood, 1994 PDF: 100; Bolton, 1995b: 266; Collingwood & Agosti, 1996 PDF: 354; Espadaler, 1997g PDF: 30; Fernández, 2007b: 137; Gratiashvili & Barjadze, 2008 PDF: 140; Paknia et al., 2008 PDF: 155; Vonshak & Ionescu-Hirsch, 2009 PDF: 43; Borowiec, 2014 PDF: 125 (see note in bibliography); Lebas et al., 2016: 304; Fernández & Serna, 2019 PDF: 808; Madl, 2019 PDF: 15.Senior synonym of Monomorium debilis: Emery & Forel, 1879 PDF: 456; Bolton, 1995b: 266.Senior synonym of Monomorium salomonis obscuratum: Collingwood, 1978 PDF: 69; Bolton, 1995b: 266.Senior synonym of Monomorium thorense: Emery & Forel, 1879 PDF: 456; Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 69; Ruzsky, 1905b: 633; Bolton, 1995b: 266.

The body is sculptured as in M. pharaonis and M. subopacum . It differs from these by the lack of hairs on the dorsum, and presence of a medial notch in the anterior clypeal margin. It is a widespread species, introduced in the Neotropics.

Syst. nat. Edit. 12, I, 963.

Kantara (Issel); [[ worker ]].

Trovasi su tutto il littorale mediterraneo dell' Africa, nella Siria e nell' Arabia. A questa specie si riferisce probabilmente il M. thorense Mayr (Wien. Zool. Boi Ges. 1862. 763. [[ queen ]]) e forse pure l' Aphaenogaster debilis Walk . (Hymenopt. coli, by Lord ecc. 10). Differisce dal M. subopacum per l'impressione del torace piu profonda e per gli occhi piu grandi, meno convessi.

Extrêmement commun partout jusqu'à environ 900 mètres .

Monomorium salomonis is a species of ant. It is a pest of millets.