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Monomorium santschii

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Monomorium santschii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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 adulatrix Santschi, 1913
Wheeleriella santschii insidiosa Santschi, 1926
Wheeleriella santschii rufescens Santschi, 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.

References

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  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.