Monomorium minimum (Buckley, 1867)    
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Arthropoda   >   Class Insecta   >   Order Hymenoptera   >   Family Formicidae   >   Genus Monomorium   

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Primarily found in open and semi-open habitats with exposed soil including fields, grassy meadows, and forest clearings, but there are also records from dry pine forests and woodlots. Smith (1979) notes that it sometimes invades houses or infests woodwork. (See Frye et al., 2014)

There are 8 records in the project database.

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Monomorium minimum specimen. Contributed by April Nobile. Photo by AntWeb Data. (MBP list)

Monomorium minimum in Baltimore City, Maryland (5/7/2011). Photo by Thomas Wilson. (MBP list)

Monomorium minimum in Montgomery Co., Maryland (7/31/2023). (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY). Photo by Katja Schulz via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Monomorium minimum (group) copulating in Prince George's Co., Maryland (7/10/2014). Determined by Brendon E. Boudinot and James C. Trager via BugGuide. Photo by Jesse Christopherson. (MBP list)


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