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Floral ant

Monomorium floricola (Jerdon, 1851)

Status not recordedbees wasps and ants

The floral ant (Monomorium floricola) is a species in the family Formicidae, order Hymenoptera.

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Quick facts about the floral 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 floral ant live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the floral ant as introduced in 53 countries, and flagged as invasive in 3 of them.

  1. Fijiinvasive
  2. Guyanainvasive
  3. Tongainvasive
  4. Angola
  5. Anguilla
  6. Antigua & Barbuda
  7. Bahamas
  8. Barbados
  9. Belize
  10. Bermuda
  11. Bolivia
  12. Brazil
  13. Cameroon
  14. Cape Verde
  15. Cayman Islands
  16. Chile
  17. China
  18. Colombia
  19. Congo - Brazzaville
  20. Cook Islands
  21. Costa Rica
  22. Cuba
  23. Dominica
  24. Dominican Republic
Show 29 more countries
  1. Ecuador
  2. Equatorial Guinea
  3. French Guiana
  4. Ghana
  5. Grenada
  6. Guatemala
  7. India
  8. Jamaica
  9. Laos
  10. Marshall Islands
  11. Mauritius
  12. Mayotte
  13. Mexico
  14. New Zealand
  15. Nicaragua
  16. Nigeria
  17. Niue
  18. Palau
  19. Samoa
  20. Solomon Islands
  21. St. Kitts & Nevis
  22. St. Lucia
  23. St. Vincent & Grenadines
  24. Tanzania
  25. Tokelau
  26. United States
  27. Vanuatu
  28. Venezuela
  29. Wallis & Futuna

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 floral 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 floral ant classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHymenoptera
  5. familyFormicidae
  6. genusMonomorium
  7. SpeciesMonomorium floricola (Jerdon, 1851)

Synonyms Atta floricola, Monomorium angusticlava, Monomorium cinnabari, Monomorium floreanum, Monomorium floricola furina, Monomorium floricola philippinensis, Monomorium floricola var. furina, Monomorium floricola var. philippinensis, Monomorium impressum, Monomorium poecilum, Monomorium specularis

Other names and names in other languages (10)
  • Bicolored trailing antEnglish
  • Bicoloured trailing antEnglish
  • Flower antEnglish
  • Hormiga asiática de las floresSpanish
  • フタイロヒメアリJapanese
  • Aziatische faraomierDutch
  • mörk faraomyraSwedish
  • มดละเอียดหัวท้ายดำThai
  • 花居單家蟻Chinese
  • 花居小家蟻Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the floral ant

Other species in the same genus Monomorium.

Pharaoh ant

Monomorium pharaonis

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the floral ant an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the floral ant as invasive in 3 countries: Fiji, Guyana and Tonga. It lists it as introduced in 53 in all.

What kind of animal is the floral ant?

The floral ant (Monomorium floricola) 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). Floral ant (Monomorium floricola). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/floral-ant

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BibTeX
@misc{floral_ant_2026,
  title = {Floral ant (Monomorium floricola)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/floral-ant},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}