Monomorium bihamatum
Heterick, 2001:
419, figs. 43, 73, 77, 78 (w.)
AUSTRALIA (Western Australia).
Australasia.
Primary type information:
Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: Australia: Western Australia, Balladonia, 13.i.1970 (B.B. Lowery). Type-depository: ANIC.
Secondary type information:
Paratype-material: 17 paratype workers, 1 paratype ergatoid queen. Paratype-locality: 1 paratype worker with same data as holotype, 2 paratype workers, 1 paratype ergatoid queen Western Australia, Esperance distr., 4.i.1966 (C. Mercovich), 6 paratype workers Western Australia, 38 mi. N Balladonia Hsd, 31°55’S, 127°49’E, 11.xi.1969, trip 163, stop 19542, ANIC ants vial 9.207 (R.W. Taylor), 5 paratype workers New South Wales, Condobolin, 11.i.1967, 650 (B.B. Lowery). 3 paratype workers South Australia, Steaky Bay, 23.ix.1957 (B.B. Lowery). Paratype-depositories: ANIC, BMNH, MCZC.
- Combination in Chelaner: Sparks et al., 2019: 232
- Status as species: Heterick, 2009: 162; Sparks et al., 2019: 232.
Obsolete combinations
Citations
- Heterick, B. E. 2001. Revision of the Australian ants of the genus Monomorium (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 15:353-459. PDF
- Heterick, B. E. 2009. A guide to the ants of south-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 76:1-206. PDF
- Sparks, K. S.; Andersen, A. N.; Austin, A. D. 2019. A multi-gene phylogeny of Australian Monomorium Mayr (Hymenoptera : Formicidae) results in reinterpretation of the genus and resurrection of Chelaner Emery. Invertebrate Systematics 33:225-236. 10.1071/ISI6080 PDF