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Samsum ant

Brachyponera sennaarensis (Mayr, 1862)

Status not recordedbees wasps and ants

The samsum ant (Brachyponera sennaarensis) is a species in the family Formicidae, order Hymenoptera.

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Quick facts about the samsum 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 samsum ant live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the samsum ant as introduced in 3 countries, and flagged as invasive in 2 of them.

  1. United Arab Emiratesinvasive
  2. Yemeninvasive
  3. Iran

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 samsum 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 samsum ant classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHymenoptera
  5. familyFormicidae
  6. genusBrachyponera
  7. SpeciesBrachyponera sennaarensis (Mayr, 1862)

Synonyms Brachyponera sorghi, Euponera sennaarensis, Pachycondyla sennaarensis, Pachycondyla sorghi, Ponera sennaarensis, Ponera sorghi

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Relatives of the samsum ant

Other species in the same genus Brachyponera.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the samsum ant an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the samsum ant as invasive in 2 countries: United Arab Emirates and Yemen. It lists it as introduced in 3 in all.

What kind of animal is the samsum ant?

The samsum ant (Brachyponera sennaarensis) 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). Samsum ant (Brachyponera sennaarensis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/samsum-ant

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BibTeX
@misc{samsum_ant_2026,
  title = {Samsum ant (Brachyponera sennaarensis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/samsum-ant},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}