Species: Monomorium pharaonis
Author: John T. LonginoTaxonomic Hierarchy:
Subfamily: Myrmicinae Genus: Monomorium
Distribution:
Farquhar Group: Cerf. Known from all zoogeographical regions. In the Malagasy Subregion recorded from Madagascar, Réunion, Mauritius, Agalega and Juan de Nova.Biology:
Heated buildingsNotes:
pest species (Dutch vernacular name: gele faraomier)Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2010)
pharaonis. Formica pharaonis Linnaeus, 1758: 580 (w.) EGYPT. Mayr, 1865: 90 (m.); André, 1883a: 338 (q.); Forel, 1891b: 164 (w.q.m.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1955c: 121 (l.); Petralia & Vinson, 1980: 383 (l.); Imai, 1966: 119 (k.). Combination in Monomorium: Mayr, 1862: 752. Senior synonym of antiguensis, domestica: Roger, 1862c: 294; of contigua, fragilis: Mayr, 1886c: 359; of minuta: Emery, 1892b: 165; Bolton, 1987: 288; of vastator: Donisthorpe, 1932c: 449. See also: Smith, D.R. 1979: 1383; Bolton, 1987: 356; Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 164; Heterick, 2006: 100.
References:
Williams, D. F., (ed.). 1994. Exotic ants. Biology, impact, and control of introduced species. Westview Press, Boulder.
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