Monomorium kilianii bringing a seed back to her nest. Diamond Creek, Victoria, Australia - Alex Wild Photography - Insect Photography

Monomorium

is a genus of small myrmicine ants with a worldwide distribution. The group is particularly diverse in the old world tropics. Some species, including M. floricola and M. pharaonis pictured below, have spread extensively with human commerce.

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Monomorium ergatogyna queen and workers.

Mt. Tamalpais, Marin Co., California, USA

Monomorium ergatogyna

Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona, USA

Monomorium ergatogyna worker ant showing the typical alarm response: gaster raised and waving about a droplet of venom on an extruded stinger.

Grass Valley, California, USA

Monomorium ergatogyna

Empire Mine State Park, California, USA

Monomorium floricola ranks among the most traveled of all ants. This diminutive species has spread with human commerce to nearly every lowland tropical region. Here, a worker tends to a mealybug in Panama.

Isla Contadora, Panama

Monomorium floricola tending a mealybug.

Isla Contadora, Panama

Monomorium kilianii bringing a seed back to her nest.

Diamond Creek, Victoria, Australia

Monomorium minimum, the little black ant.

Glen O. Jones Lake, Illinois, USA

Monomorium minimum workers at the nest entrance.

Manhattan, Kansas, USA

Monomorium kilianii bringing a seed back to her nest.

Diamond Creek, Victoria, Australia

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Keywords: ants insect insects formicidae monomorium myrmicinae grass seed granivory seed harvesting solenopsidini monomorium kilianii ant carrying seed ants with seeds

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