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Bare mustache ant

Strumigenys membranifera Emery, 1869

Status not recordedbees wasps and ants

The bare mustache ant (Strumigenys membranifera) is a species in the family Formicidae, order Hymenoptera.

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Quick facts about the bare mustache ant

Weight
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Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the bare mustache ant live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the bare mustache ant as introduced in 16 countries.

  1. Barbados
  2. Bermuda
  3. Cuba
  4. Ecuador
  5. Marshall Islands
  6. Mayotte
  7. Montserrat
  8. Morocco
  9. Qatar
  10. Solomon Islands
  11. Spain
  12. St. Kitts & Nevis
  13. Tonga
  14. Trinidad & Tobago
  15. Turks & Caicos Islands
  16. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the bare mustache ant endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the bare mustache ant classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHymenoptera
  5. familyFormicidae
  6. genusStrumigenys
  7. SpeciesStrumigenys membranifera Emery, 1869

Synonyms Pyramica membranifera, Strumigenys foochowensis, Strumigenys membranifera marioni, Strumigenys membranifera santschii, Strumigenys membranifera simillima, Strumigenys membranifera var. marioni, Strumigenys membranifera var. santschii, Strumigenys membranifera var. williamsi, Strumigenys membranifera williamsi, Strumigenys silvestriana, Strumigenys vitiensis, Trichoscapa membranifera

Other names and names in other languages (5)
  • Membraniferous Dacetine antEnglish
  • نمل عديم الشاربArabic
  • トカラウロコアリJapanese
  • 節膜瘤顎蟻Chinese
  • 節膜角瘤家蟻Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the bare mustache ant

Other species in the same genus Strumigenys.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the bare mustache ant an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the bare mustache ant as introduced in 16 countries, including Barbados, Bermuda, Cuba, Ecuador and Marshall Islands, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the bare mustache ant?

The bare mustache ant (Strumigenys membranifera) belongs to the family Formicidae in the order Hymenoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Bare mustache ant (Strumigenys membranifera). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/bare-mustache-ant

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“Bare mustache ant (Strumigenys membranifera).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/bare-mustache-ant.

BibTeX
@misc{bare_mustache_ant_2026,
  title = {Bare mustache ant (Strumigenys membranifera)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/bare-mustache-ant},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}