Monomorium indicum Forel, 1902

Christoph Germann, 2017, On the Auguste Forel ant collection in the Naturmuseum Solothurn, Switzerland: current state and illustrated type catalogue (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), Revue suisse de Zoologie 124 (2), pp. 241-254 : 248

Monomorium indicum Forel, 1902

( Figs 1C , 4C ) 3 syntypes (☿): “ M. Salomonis r. [race] indicum ☿ Belgaum [=Belagavi, Karnataka, India] XXXI.12 (Wronghton)”. Although Forel (1902: 213) does not give any localities under indicum , he mentions “Belgaum” and the collector (Wronghton) under the species described above in the text (which is Monomorium dichroum Forel, 1902 ). Therefore it seems logical that M. indicum was collected at the same locality as M. dichroum , and therefore the locality on the label is the type locality, and that the present specimens belong to the syntype series.

Figures

Fig. 1. Syntypes ☿ dorsal / lateral views. (A) Strongylognathus huberi Forel, 1874. (B) Myrmica smythiesii Forel, 1902. (C) Monomorium indicum Forel, 1902. (D) Messor lobicornis Forel, 1894. (E) Camponotus bugnioni Forel, 1899. (F) Monomorium smithii Forel, 1892. (G) Temnothorax algiricus trabutii (Forel, 1894). Scale bars 1 mm.

Fig. 4. Original labels of 16 syntypes and 2 paralectotypes. (A) Strongylognathus huberi Forel, 1874. (B) Myrmica smythiesii Forel, 1902. (C) Monomorium indicum Forel, 1902. (D) Messor lobicornis Forel, 1894. (E) Camponotus bugnioni Forel, 1899. (F) Monomorium smithii Forel, 1892. (G) Temnothorax algiricus trabutii (Forel, 1894). (H) Temnothorax delaparti (Forel, 1890). (I) T. oraniensis (Forel, 1894). (J) Cardiocondyla stambuloffii Forel, 1892. (K) Solenopsis latro Forel, 1894. (L) Crematogaster ranavalonae Forel, 1887. (M) C. daisyi Forel, 1901. (N) Pogonomyrmex mayri Forel, 1899. (O) Azteca velox Forel, 1899. (P) A. delpini antillana Forel, 1899. (Q) Lasius myops Forel, 1894. (R) Cataglyphis savignyi (Dufour, 1862). (S) Camponotus alii Forel, 1890.