Taxonomic history
Forel, 1906a PDF: 52 (m.).Combination in Santschia: Forel, 1906a PDF: 65.Combination in Wheeleriella: Forel, 1907a PDF: 145; Emery, 1908g PDF: 556.Combination in Monomorium: Ettershank, 1966 PDF: 92.Status as species: Forel, 1906a PDF: 52 (redescription); Santschi, 1906: 364; Santschi, in Forel, 1906a PDF: 54; Forel, 1907a PDF: 145; Emery, 1908g PDF: 556; Emery, 1922c PDF: 187; Ettershank, 1966 PDF: 92; Kutter, 1968c: 203; Bolton, 1987 PDF: 291; Bolton, 1995b: 266; Cagniant, 2006 PDF: 196; Borowiec, 2014 PDF: 125.Senior synonym of Monomorium adulatrix: Bolton, 1987 PDF: 291; Bolton, 1995b: 266.Senior synonym of Monomorium santschii insidiosa: Bolton, 1987 PDF: 291; Bolton, 1995b: 266.Senior synonym of Monomorium santschii rufescens: Bolton, 1987 PDF: 291; Bolton, 1995b: 266.Senior synonym of Monomorium intrudens: not previously recorded (unpublished).
Monomorium santschii is a species of ant that is native to Tunisia. The most famous species in the genus Monomorium 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.
Monomorium santschii is a species of ant that is native to Tunisia. The most famous species in the genus Monomorium 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.
