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Species Monomorium minimum - Little Black Ant

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)

No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)

Superfamily Formicoidea (Ants)

Family Formicidae (Ants)

Subfamily Myrmicinae

Tribe Solenopsidini

Genus Monomorium (Pharaoh and Timid Ants)

Species minimum (Little Black Ant)

Other Common Names

Black pharaoh ant (infrequently used to separate this species from other small, black ant species in other genera)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Monomorium minimum (Buckley)

Orig. Comb: Myrmica minima Buckley 1867

Range

Native, e NA to S. Amer.

Habitat

Virtually ubiquitous in grassland and drier wooded habitats - AntWeb

Print References

Buckley, S.B. 1867. Descriptions of new species of North American Formicidae. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Phila. 6: 335-350.

Mackay, W. and E. MacKay. 2002. The ants of New Mexico (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Edwin Mellen Press, Lewiston, New York. 400 pp.

Ward, P.S. 2005. A synoptic review of the ants of California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 936: 1-68.

Internet References

Little Black Ant - Texas A&M

AntWeb

Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 4 March, 2009 - 2:28pm
Additional contributions by Lynette Elliott, Mike Quinn, Tyler Hedlund, PaleoJon
Last updated 26 May, 2021 - 10:42am

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