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Pharaoh ant
Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae)

Status
Exotic (but present in Australia)

Dorsal view worker Zoomify

Caption: To be sourced

Source: Simon Hinkley & Ken Walker Museum Victoria

Body length of workers around 2 to 2.5 mm. Body unicolored: yellow to reddish brown. Eyes each with around 20 facets. Antennae 12-segmented. Mandibles each with 4 teeth. Paired longitudinal carinae on clypeus distinct. Metanotal groove distinct. Posterodorsal margin of propodeum more or less angulate. No standing hairs on propodeal dorsum. Ventral outline of petiole not strongly convex. Body surfaces from head to postpetiole finely, densely, and distinctively punctate and opaque.

Source:

See weblink Japanese Ant Image Database

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Specimen contact point: Museum Victoria

Citation: Walker, K. (2006) Pharaoh ant (Monomorium pharaonis) Pest and Diseases Image Library. Updated on 8/29/2006 12:04:04 PM. Available online: http://www.padil.gov.au

Created Date: 8/29/2006 9:54:13 AM

Last Updated: 8/29/2006 12:04:04 PM

Diagnostic Images
Head Front	Head Side	Thorax Side
Overview Images
Dorsal	Lateral	Posterior
Other Images
Alate and worker