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Caribbean trailing ant

Monomorium ebeninum Forel, 1891

Status not recordedbees wasps and ants

The caribbean trailing ant (Monomorium ebeninum) is a species in the family Formicidae, order Hymenoptera.

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Quick facts about the caribbean trailing ant

Weight
Not recorded
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 caribbean trailing ant live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the caribbean trailing ant as introduced in 1 country.

  1. 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 caribbean trailing 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 caribbean trailing ant classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHymenoptera
  5. familyFormicidae
  6. genusMonomorium
  7. SpeciesMonomorium ebeninum Forel, 1891

Synonyms Monomorium minutum ebeninum

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the caribbean trailing ant

Other species in the same genus Monomorium.

Pharaoh ant

Monomorium pharaonis

FormicidaeNo free photo yet

Floral ant

Monomorium floricola

FormicidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

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Is the caribbean trailing ant an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the caribbean trailing ant as introduced in 1 country: United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the caribbean trailing ant?

The caribbean trailing ant (Monomorium ebeninum) 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). Caribbean trailing ant (Monomorium ebeninum). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/caribbean-trailing-ant

MLA

“Caribbean trailing ant (Monomorium ebeninum).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/caribbean-trailing-ant.

BibTeX
@misc{caribbean_trailing_ant_2026,
  title = {Caribbean trailing ant (Monomorium ebeninum)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/caribbean-trailing-ant},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}