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Monomorium floricola

ant

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: ant

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Leo (PK)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE India - se.Asia; EXOTIC EXOTIC circumtropical (incl. Samoa - Tonga - Cooks)

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent, Naturalised; Land, Disturbed Lowland forest, Mangroves, Domestic; arboreal, nesting in trees, shrubs and buildings

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: ; Pest???

KEY FEATURES: Worker to ~1.5mmBL. WORKER::: BODY smooth, glossy and bicoloured - pale brownish-yellow with dark brown head and abdomen (=gaster). HEAD dark brown; EYE with ~10 facets; ANTENNAE terminal segment longer than adjacent two combined. WINGLESS QUEEN:::

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present Makatea:
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
P					P

Northern Group:
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
			P

Key to Symbols

blank	no data
-	absent	L	localised
X	extinct 'naturally'	W	widespread
XQi	quarantine intercepted	R	recent
XQe	eradicated	?	query preceding category
P	present	T?	taxonomic query
S	seasonal	nn	present, said to have no name
O	occasional	?1	present, name not investigated
++++	very common	?2	presence not verified, no name recorded
+++	common	N/A	absent, name not expected
++	uncommon
+	rare
Cook Islands islands: RR =Rarotonga, MG = Mangaia, AT =‘Ātiu, MK=Ma‘uke, MT=Miti‘āro, AK=Aitutaki, PL=Palmerston, PN=Penrhyn, MN=Manuae, TK=Takūtea, TN=Tongareva (TS=Tongaleva Spoken, TW=Tongareva Written, they say "el" but write "r"), MH=Manihiki, RK=Rakahanga, PK=Pukapuka, NS=Nassau, SW=Suwarrow. After a Polynesian name: ^=orthography query. Countries and other: FIJ=Fiji, WT=Wallis & Futuna, SAM=Samoa, TON=Tonga, NIU=Niue, CK=Cook Islands, CKM=Cook Islands Māori, FP=French Polynesia, AUS=Australs, SOC=Societies, TAH=Tahiti, TUA=Tuamotus, MQS=Marquesas, MNG=Mangareva, PIT=Pitcain group, EAS=Easter Island, HAW=Hawai‘i, NZ=New Zealand, NZM=New Zealand Māori

Scientific Taxonomy

Monomorium floricola (Jerdon, 1851)
SYNONYMS: Atta floricola Jerdon, 1851; Monomorium specularis Mayr, 1866 [from Samoa]

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; ATELOCERATA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PTERYGOTA; Hymenoptera; Apocrita; Aculeata; Vespoidea; FORMICIDAE, Myrmicinae

More Information

GENERAL NOTE: Tramp species = Certainly distributed by recent human commerce.

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: Wilder1925; specimens+photo, 2006/01, Tupapa house, G.McCormack ID on Pestnet by Megan Sarty (NZ) as worker and wingless queen of Monomorium floricola, 2005/01. Aitutaki: TaylorDSIR. Pukapuka: one specimen+photo, winged, at light Gov. house, 2/2004, G.McCormack, ID Neil Reimer (Hawaii DoA) as Monomorium floricola, 5/2004 - seems unlikely based on other specimens of this species, G.McCormack 2006/01 - check further.

References:
Special Reference: W&T67,

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM06a, zD06a

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org.
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