Monomorium floricola (Jerdon, 1851)

Jallow, Mamudou & Gomez, Kiko, 2024, Intriguing additions of exotic and invasive ants to The Gambia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), Belgian Journal of Entomology 146, pp. 1-12 : 6

Monomorium floricola (Jerdon, 1851)

Fig. 3

First record to Gambia.

It was found in the Abuko Nature reserve, in a wet location near a swamp.

Asian species that has colonized most of the tropical ecosystems in Africa, Oceania, North and South America and Oceania.

MATERIAL EXAMINED: The Gambia: West Coast : Abuko Nature Reserve, Site 2 (Abuko) 20 m. 13.39502, -16.64545, Gallery for., near pond. GÓmez, K. 23/11/2022, Hand collected, Ex rotten log [ KGCOL02548 ] * * same data, Wetterer, J. 23/11/2022, Hand collected [KG06274C]

Figures

Fig.3 Monomorium floricola (Jerdon, 1851) (CASENT0146777), Comoros. Worker. A, Head frontal view. B, Habitus lateral view. © Antweb.