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Species Monomorium viridum

Representative Images

Unknown ant - Monomorium viridum - female Unknown Ant - Monomorium viridum - female Possibly Monomorium viridum? - Monomorium viridum Possibly Monomorium viridum? - Monomorium viridum Monomorium viridum - female Monomorium viridum - female Monomorium viridum gyne/queen and workers - Monomorium viridum - female Monomorium viridum gyne/queen and workers - Monomorium viridum - female

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)
No Taxon (carbonarium-group)
Species viridum (Monomorium viridum)

Other Common Names

The Green Monomorium (1)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Author: Brown 1943

Explanation of Names

The combination Monomorium viride is commonly seen, but Barry Bolton author of AntCat (http://www.antcat.org/), doesn't recognize this informal emendation of Brown's original name.

Size

1.7-1.9mm

Identification

Queens are more brown than green, and the queen's head and mesosoma are noticeably sculptured. (1)

Range

Sandy areas of states bounding the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts, as far north as NJ Pine Barrens.

Habitat

Nests only in pure sand (1)

Life Cycle

forms enormous polygynous colonies with large crater-like openings.

See Also

Monomorium emarginatum, Solenopsis (1)

Print References

Brown, W.L., Jr. 1943. A new metallic ant from the pine barrens of New Jersey. Entomol. News 54: 243-248. Full PDF

Internet References

antweb.org

Works Cited

1.A field guide to the ants of New England
Ellison et al. 2012. Yale University Press. 398 pp. 2012. Yale University Press.
Contributed by v belov on 16 May, 2010 - 1:57pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, James C. Trager
Last updated 16 December, 2014 - 10:50am

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