Monomorium santschii

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Monomorium santschii
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Genus: Monomorium
Species:
M. santschii
Binomial name
Monomorium santschii
(Forel, 1905)
Synonyms

Wheeleriella adulatrixSantschi, 1913
Wheeleriella santschii insidiosaSantschi, 1926
Wheeleriella santschii rufescensSantschi, 1926

Monomorium santschii is a species of ant that is native to Tunisia. The most famous species in the genus Monomorium is the highly invasive pharaoh ant, Monomorium pharaonis .

It is a parasitic ant that has no worker caste. The queen enters the colony of a different species and, probably by employing a pheromone, she forces the host workers to kill their queen. She then uses these workers as slaves to bring up her own offspring.

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References

  1. Social Insects Specialist Group (1996). "Monomorium santschii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1996: e.T13715A4354217. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T13715A4354217.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.