Published February 29, 2024 | Version v1
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Monomorium floricola

Description

Monomorium floricola (Jerdon, 1851)

Fig. 3

First record to Gambia.

It was found in the Abuko Nature reserve, in a wet location near a swamp.

Asian species that has colonized most of the tropical ecosystems in Africa, Oceania, North and South America and Oceania.

MATERIAL EXAMINED: The Gambia: West Coast: Abuko Nature Reserve, Site 2 (Abuko) 20 m. 13.39502, -16.64545, Gallery for., near pond. GÓmez, K. 23/11/2022, Hand collected, Ex rotten log [KGCOL02548] * * same data, Wetterer, J. 23/11/2022, Hand collected [KG06274C]

Notes

Published as part of Jallow, Mamudou & Gomez, Kiko, 2024, Intriguing additions of exotic and invasive ants to The Gambia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), pp. 1-12 in Belgian Journal of Entomology 146 on page 6, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10982127

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
KGCOL
Event date
2022-11-23
Family
Formicidae
Genus
Monomorium
Kingdom
Animalia
Material sample ID
KGCOL02548
Order
Hymenoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Jerdon
Species
floricola
Taxon rank
species
Verbatim event date
2022-11-23
Taxonomic concept label
Monomorium floricola (Jerdon, 1851) sec. Jallow & Gomez, 2024