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<treatment id="EFA15EF28C24E1B94D33308EE8A36B7F" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6246981" ID-GBIF-Taxon="100134540" ID-Zenodo-Dep="6246981" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:EFA15EF28C24E1B94D33308EE8A36B7F" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/EFA15EF28C24E1B94D33308EE8A36B7F" lastPageNumber="131" pageNumber="130">
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Mayr
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<paragraph id="F1970D906F700E3E8FFE3746DD4E5CFA" pageNumber="130">
<taxonomicName id="49EB9621D246CFB0282356452D7FD3CA" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:24899" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Monomorium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Monomorium Mayr" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="130" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Monomorium</taxonomicName>
Mayr, 1855: 452. Type-species:
<taxonomicName id="B04E7CEB3138797EA520463DE6300A11" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:31657" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Monomorium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Monomorium monomorium Bolton" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="130" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="monomorium">Monomorium monomorium Bolton</taxonomicName>
, 1987: 287.
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<paragraph id="B570D73EBC0E1E175B4B54E66E8BFC59" pageNumber="130">
<taxonomicName id="8343BAC1C238A7789395FCB35F070565" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:24902" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Phacota" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Phacota Roger" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="130" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Phacota</taxonomicName>
Roger, 1862: 260. Type species:
<taxonomicName id="11DE18B2EA12F9477571BE9B833C1D72" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:33556" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Phacota" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Phacota sichelii Roger" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="130" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sichelli">Phacota sichelli Roger</taxonomicName>
, 1862: 262. Synonym of
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: Ettershank, 1966: 82. Genus revalidated: Bolton, 1987: 281. Syn. rev.
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<taxonomicName id="F09BF83847DC7694EFE9807D22DAB6B8" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:24900" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nothidris" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Nothidris Ettershank" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="130" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Nothidris</taxonomicName>
Ettershank, 1966: 105. Type-species:
<taxonomicName id="A9DC6B4F83461D270A3606D54AE3010E" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:140751" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Monomorium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Monomorium latastei Emery" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="130" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="latastei">Monomorium latastei Emery</taxonomicName>
, 1895: 10. Syn. n.
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Snelling, 1975: 5. Type-species:
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, 1887: 614. Junior synonym of
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: Heterick, 2001: 361.
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Bolton, 1987: 279. Type-species:
<taxonomicName id="68E54BE21FBD0213DA8B816286F8A490" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:28957" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Epelysidris" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Epelysidris brocha Bolton" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="130" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="brocha">Epelysidris brocha Bolton</taxonomicName>
, 1987: 280. Syn. n.
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<paragraph id="08A5D91909B0BC935B26BC21B01B0378" pageNumber="130">For a full list of synonymies before Heterick (2001) see Bolton (1987: 287 - 288).</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="F389A72912A2307AD1C423FF19E28B0D" pageNumber="130">WORKER DIAGNOSIS (after Bolton, 1987: 289; Heterick, 2001: 363 - 364).</paragraph>
<paragraph id="ED8EEC3A910707076F687E78E6B16BD0" pageNumber="130">Monomorphic to polymorphic. Minute to moderately large in total length. Mandibles with 4 to 5 teeth. Maxillary palps with 2 to 4 segments. Median clypeal seta present, sometimes displaced or absent. Median portion of clypeus raised, longitudinally bicarinate, the carinae rarely effaced. Frontal carinae absent past frontal lobes. Antennal scrobes absent. Antennae with 11 - 12 segments and with club of 3 (rarely 4) segments. Eyes present, sometimes reduced. Metapleural glands never bulging or hypertrophied. Metapleural lobes usually small, rounded. Propodeum normally unarmed, sometimes angulated to dentate, rarely with lamelliform process. Propodeal spiracle usually circular and at about midlength of the sclerite, rarely in another position. Petiole pedunculated, the petiolar spiracle usually close to or at node. Sting functional.</paragraph>
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was created by Ettershank (1966) and further delimited by Snelling (1975), who created
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to accomodate some species. Bolton (1987: 284 - 285) discussed the traits proposed for the latter, demonstrating their weakness and dubious value as generic-level characters: a vestibulated propodeal spiracle appears to be present in some Australian
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species (Bolton, 1987), for instance, as well as in
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. Moreover, the inclusion of
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in
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, as proposed by Heterick (2001), leaves no justification for maintaining
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as a separate genus.
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has been a taxonomic problem in the myrmicines, due to its poor description, the disappearance of the type specimen, and the lack of collected material referable to
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, all of which have impeded an evaluation of its taxonomic status. Ettershank (1966) considered this name a junior synonym of
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. Bolton (1987) subsequently revived the genus, citing the few attributes that can be retrieved from Roger's (1862) original description; nevertheless, he made explicit his strong suspicion that the putative species is based on a wingless, ergatoid
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female, perhaps from the
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group. Both the meager description (e. g., that the gaster is bigger than the head) and the important fact that the species has not been rediscovered in Spain or any other nearby location, are consistent with this interpretation. Given that the European ant fauna can be considered acceptably collected and studied, and in light of the group's importance, samples assignable to
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would surely have been detected and described by now. According to its description,
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is characterized by 11 - segmented antennae with a 2 - segmented club. Some Neotropical
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females possess this combination, but it is an antennal configuration unknown in
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, and it is highly probable that the description of the number of flagellomeres in the antenna and club is erroneous. It would not be the only inadvertent mistake of this type in the history of ant systematics, especially given the size of the ants and the optical resolution possible in the 19 th century. It seems of little practical use to maintain a badlydescribed genus, with no associated type material, and no other collected material, and I recommend that
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once again be demoted as proposed by Ettershank (1966) until and unless more material is discovered, or the type specimen (in good condition) reappears.
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<taxonomicName id="0579C54274EE4698D12DAB84142641FB" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:24897" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Epelysidris" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Epelysidris Bolton" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="131" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Epelysidris</taxonomicName>
is a monotypic genus of eastern Malaysia, easily separable by the distinctive pair of lobules on the basal border of each mandible, mandibular and clypeal structure, and palpal formula (Bolton, 1987). Although this taxon is undoubtedly monophyletic, its continued recognition as a separate genus would create the same dilemmas that characterize
<taxonomicName id="B45E4511A6F3E8608E26E096B7395AF9" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:2350" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Antichthonidris" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Antichthonidris Snelling" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="131" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Antichthonidris</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="A5785A8A559A35EE9359962BCEA4D107" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:24900" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nothidris" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Nothidris Ettershank" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="131" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Nothidris</taxonomicName>
, and some others. It is preferable to leave brocha as one additional (although highly apomorphic) species within
<taxonomicName id="ED21D3B9EB6768C57E4F6798BB941320" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:24899" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Monomorium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Monomorium Mayr" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="131" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Monomorium</taxonomicName>
; I propose here that
<taxonomicName id="88A86F2AC287D066D0C2217D63FDDDF2" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:24897" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Epelysidris" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Epelysidris Bolton" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="131" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Epelysidris</taxonomicName>
thus be considered a junior synonym of
<taxonomicName id="343343309842ADBC25F5161843218AF1" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:24899" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Monomorium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Monomorium Mayr" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="131" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Monomorium</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="434CAEE54DEC5ED8E03CCDCDDB12A840" type="nomenclature">
<paragraph id="0BB7E76AB60E17D009476279B735A031" pageNumber="131">
Neotropical species of
<taxonomicName id="47D21D99859EE653C9894D9D438E1019" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:24899" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Monomorium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Monomorium Mayr" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="131" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Monomorium</taxonomicName>
(includes recent introductions *).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="EA5A253D8ED87BF947683EB0553B7C2E" pageNumber="131">
<taxonomicName id="13C6EEB9EA2C1D48879BDE4991B6CCCA" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:133791" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Monomorium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Monomorium bidentatum Mayr" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="131" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bidentatum">M. bidentatum Mayr</taxonomicName>
, 1887 comb. rev. Chile, Argentina
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="EDDA10F9BF5BD1DA5434301A7B1C0F32" pageNumber="131">
<taxonomicName id="07F58B0ABA1A72D6D9EABF12FB6CCD3D" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:31424" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Monomorium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Monomorium brasiliense Forel" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="131" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="brasiliense">M. brasiliense Forel</taxonomicName>
, 1908 - Brazil
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9A8E6208252586F95F0E5C5B70ABD105" pageNumber="131">
<taxonomicName id="E6E7D86630C4793BE937CE205F0F81B3" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:31520" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Monomorium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Monomorium carbonarium (Smith)" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="131" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="carbonarium">M. carbonarium Fr. Smith</taxonomicName>
, 1858 Azores
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="27F33B8029C8F6FBE6A60B352E0C465F" pageNumber="131">
<taxonomicName id="C9708488A5FA82CE3057E08695649BFE" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:231135" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Monomorium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Monomorium cekalovici (Snelling)" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="131" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cekalovici">M. cekalovici (Snelling, 1975)</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="DA3549C4EAFD88D8F9C91D629F20CB69">comb. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
- Chile
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="EEB7BD2014AA81BC837EA39B63846C78" pageNumber="131">
<taxonomicName id="E8BAB519BFD4F11EA526F870E3F02331" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:231134" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Monomorium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Monomorium chilensis Fernández" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="131" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="chilensis">M. chilensis</taxonomicName>
, n. name for
<taxonomicName id="5940FCF13E8D4CBF84883359A9C04405" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:32893" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Nothidris" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Nothidris bicolor (Ettershank)" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="131" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bicolor">N. bicolor Ettershank</taxonomicName>
, 1965: 55, preoccupied by
<taxonomicName id="71A869439AD719240E1867980E144C2A" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:140750" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Megalomyrmex" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Megalomyrmex bicolor Ettershank" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="131" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bicolor">M. bicolor Emery</taxonomicName>
, 1877: 368 - Chile
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="B8FA6DE6ECCEC8DA0443E5B04F935B03" pageNumber="131">
<taxonomicName id="FA74321FC93D2B46BA72F19BDB20199F" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:31533" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Monomorium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Monomorium cyaneum Wheeler" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="131" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cyaneum">M. cyaneum Wheeler</taxonomicName>
, 1914 - Mexico
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="22436031CDB67812D0BBCAE66C84BD4B" pageNumber="131">
<taxonomicName id="FD6C2D3B8F0D4421854B2398EC0B1235" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:31525" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Monomorium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Monomorium compressum Wheeler" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="131" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="compressum">M. compressum Wheeler</taxonomicName>
, 1914 Mexico
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="11F556656F55ED28708162EE2E16BB29" pageNumber="131">
<taxonomicName id="043A1070204948CAC0C250EBF99E135D" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:231124" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Monomorium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Monomorium delabiei Fernández" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="131" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="delabiei">M. delabiei</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="3E73268AD72CA4544AF807C1FAAF5F55" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
- Brazil
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="CF77C580771C620904CE480585D639D5" pageNumber="131">
<taxonomicName id="B5ACB03E36D8C0FEBD9B8CBD518269EE" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:133793" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Monomorium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Monomorium denticulatum Mayr" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="131" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="denticulatum">M. denticulatum Mayr</taxonomicName>
, 1887 comb. rev. Chile, Argentina
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0B2FDAAA86FE9C942B037C448A588F1C" pageNumber="131">
<taxonomicName id="C82CA7CB3DB930799E4B92F9E77B5075" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:31539" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Monomorium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Monomorium destructor (Jerdon)" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="131" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="destructor">M. destructor (Jerdon, 1852)</taxonomicName>
* - Widespread
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="106F484A4CE42E49F76124CEA3D0FBF1" pageNumber="131">
<taxonomicName id="4122F64387A2B1BBAA9812A18128C2C4" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:31550" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Monomorium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Monomorium ebeninum Forel" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="131" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ebeninum">M. ebeninum Forel</taxonomicName>
, 1891 Caribbean and coastal Mesoamerica
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="33C90B6D3C67E067EE1AD06D3A67FFCB" pageNumber="131">
<taxonomicName id="6B6A2E97A87B421A640A995209A0350C" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:31573" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Monomorium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Monomorium floricola (Jerdon)" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="131" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="floricola">M. floricola (Jerdon, 1852)</taxonomicName>
* - Widespread
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="20E7157189EB1EC7D65EEE692721AD50" pageNumber="131">
<taxonomicName id="639897B554F16F02D96BBD736673EEC9" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:31602" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Monomorium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Monomorium inquilinum DuBois" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="131" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="inquilinum">M. inquilinum</taxonomicName>
DuBois, 1980 - Mexico
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="C30C1099D1D02C186A24CC5C56506BD4" pageNumber="131">
<taxonomicName id="37044B9F28200CB4DD11468D888E1EC5" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:231125" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Monomorium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Monomorium inusuale Fernández" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="131" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="inusuale">M. inusuale</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="3AA479AE9C96FB1AB2F58916E6F9FDD2" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
- Brazil
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="4FD1EB888639D1FB282A8AA83A297409" pageNumber="131">
<taxonomicName id="5FCB8E91400B2CD493B47C6D47424C62" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:140751" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Monomorium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Monomorium latastei Emery" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="131" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="latastei">M. latastei Emery</taxonomicName>
, 1895 comb. rev. - Chile
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="ADF668EA1C2D58EAEB0380A429B1BBDC" pageNumber="131">
<taxonomicName id="51D891DC9D71B3D2FF6C941FCDD777B8" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:31642" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Monomorium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Monomorium marjoriae DuBois" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="131" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="marjoriae">M. marjoriae</taxonomicName>
DuBois, 1986 Mexico
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="6D4C63A27C5D04944A55078FB1AE04BC" pageNumber="131">
<taxonomicName id="93E7E3783CAB9C5C5D1525A55059AC9A" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:31653" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Monomorium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Monomorium minimum (Buckley)" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="131" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="minimum">M. minimum (Buckley, 1867)</taxonomicName>
Mexico (?) Paraguay (?)
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="18959D0C58394BC5498BE307DDB2C658" pageNumber="131">
<taxonomicName id="36656E38446879B39862B51636C33EDE" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:31657" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Monomorium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Monomorium monomorium Bolton" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="131" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="monomorium">M. monomorium Bolton</taxonomicName>
, 1987 * Barbados
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="49890018D6F6E8C0A211EC8D2C3E8E89" pageNumber="131">
<taxonomicName id="8D94EA72CF49F8465F8930F58BDA88DF" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:31685" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Monomorium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus)" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="131" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pharaonis">M. pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758)</taxonomicName>
* - Widespread
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="15DBBE6C892E6DF3079BF9E38DB2B34E" pageNumber="131">
<taxonomicName id="F51C759D1E0D14F40E0D23178A910FFE" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:31703" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Monomorium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Monomorium salomonis (Linnaeus)" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="131" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="salomonis">M. salomonis (Linnaeus, 1758)</taxonomicName>
* - Widespread
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="C94802737990BFB7596DF864203289C3" pageNumber="131">
<taxonomicName id="2091FEE626BE793EC48A567428776E13" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:31726" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Monomorium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Monomorium subcoecum Emery" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="131" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="subcoecum">M. subcoecum Emery</taxonomicName>
, 1894 Caribbean (St. Thomas and Puerto Rico)
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="6C9EB682DA89F30640ABBD5D2892A21F" pageNumber="131">
<taxonomicName id="78FE08CB00D47C842D7B72071D207FF0" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:31728" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Monomorium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Monomorium subopacum (Smith)" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="131" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="subopacum">M. subopacum Fr. Smith</taxonomicName>
, 1858 * Antigua
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="99C8E0EBD0EA1136BB9D0B6BC83E88AA" pageNumber="131">Outside the Neotropical fauna the following changes are proposed:</paragraph>
<paragraph id="07703FB9AE674A436F0708A4E68D58D4" pageNumber="131">
<taxonomicName id="1CD41518DB9A40B615FD4CD2F0298BBA" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:231133" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Monomorium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Monomorium sichelii (Roger)" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="131" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sichelii">Monomorium sichelii (Roger, 1862)</taxonomicName>
comb. rev.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="6C7C65A1C254AD48C9CE9DD54A997AE8" pageNumber="131">
<taxonomicName id="E20579A95837D2C1CE3E82D710B106AC" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:231136" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Monomorium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Monomorium brocha (Bolton)" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="131" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="brocha">Monomorium brocha (Bolton, 1987)</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="64CE12956368FFED64AA1FB0D563D4BB">comb. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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