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Singapore Ant

Monomorium destructor

Description:

Body length of workers (highly variable - Polymorphic) 1.8 - 3.5 mm. This ant is dark brown to blackish brown, and usually with a conspicuous yellow area mediobasally. A relatively large Monomorium species; Body yellowish brown to reddish brown from head to postpetiole; gaster blackish brown. Mandibles each with 4 teeth, the basalmost sometimes obscure. Eyes large, each with around 20 facets. Median paired carinae of clypeus obscure. Metanotal groove distinct. Propodeum with angulate posterodorsal border; the area of petiolar insertion carinate. Ventral outline of petiole less convex than in other species. Postpetiole 1.1 -1.2 times as long as broad. Mesopleuron and sections of lateral surfaces of propodeum with fine puncturation; dorsal surface of propodeum with transverse rugae.

Habitat:

Seems to be originally from India, but has become an invasive species across SE Asia, Austral-Asia, and even the Americas.

Notes:

I found this at carpark of pureplace.There are many of them.It body color is red with black.it have something like twinblade in mouth.It size is not so big(around the average size of normal ant) .

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กรุงเทพมหานคร, Krung Thep, Thailand

Spotted on Jan 14, 2012
Submitted on Jan 14, 2012

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