Kingdom Animalia Order Hymenoptera Subfamily Myrmicinae Scientific name Monomorium santschii Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Family Formicidae Tribe Solenopsidini Higher classification Monomorium | |
Similar Monomorium, Ant, Insect, Monomorium bidentatum, Hymenopterans | ||
Monomorium santschii is a species of ant that is native to Tunisia. The most famous species in the Monomorium genus 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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