Monomorium indicum Forel
 Iran list  Type location India
(Monomorium salomonis L. race indicum
n. stirps, Forel, 1902c: 213, all forms; raised to species Bingham,
1903: 205; also in Bolton, 1987: 329, name only) label has from Poona,
by Wroughton - see below
Bolton (1995: 263, had "subspecies kusnezowi
and its synonym turkmenicum;
Dlussky & Zabelin, 1985: 215; in Russian).
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Forel's (1902c) description is at  .
Bingham's (1903) description is at  . Santschi (1936a: 46) separated in a key,
as Monomorium salomonis
strips indicum:
metanotal groove deep, rising sharply to the propodeum dorsum; head as
wide as long, at least with larger workers; alitrunk red or reddish,
head sometimes duller; asiatic subspecies - gaster matt, antennal club
thicker, head less narrow behind, India, st. indicum; versus; gaster smooth and
shiny, v. turkestanicum [Note
it seems Santschi gave the name wrongly, in error for "Monomorium venustum Sm. st. turkmenicum n.st. of Santschi,
1928b: 43 - see https://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0913804;
the label with that has "turcomanicum"
and the description immediately follows that of Monomorium kusnezowi. The size of
the latter he gave as TL 4.2-4.7 mm; with turkmenicum being on TL 3.3 mm!]
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 The photomontage of the Monomorium indicum
type worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?name=casent0913803.
Note: this clearly differs from Monomorium kusnezowi in
colouration and
pilosity. This has larger eyes, a deeper metanotal groove and thicker
femora.
Forel (1902c) had TL 2.5-3.6 mm. Head wider and shorter
than Monomorium salomonis. Bingham
(1903) in his key had: Head more or less rugulose, opaque; postpetiole
from above not broader than petiole, nodes subequal; head distinctly
broader anteriorly than posteriorly.
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Oxford University Museum
specimens
Monomorium indicum
B Taylor det. |
Iran
F Heidary
12
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07.vii.2013
27.38°N
52.59°E
447 m
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Paghalat
trapped on cake
roadside
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3
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Monomorium indicum
B Taylor det. |
Iran
M Ghatei
58
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9.v.2014
34.61°N
51.02°E
890 m
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Ghanavat, Qom
hand collected
garden, on ground
0814h
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1
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 The photomontage is of
workers from Iran, collector
Fouzieh Heidary (12).
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 The photomontage is of
a worker from Iran, collector
M Ghatei (58).
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