Ants of Zihuatanejo

FLOWER ANTS

• Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

• Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

• Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)

• Insects (Class Insecta)

• Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)

• Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies (Order Hymenoptera)

• Narrow-waisted Wasps, Ants, and Bees (Suborder Apocrita)

• Ants, Bees, and Stinging Wasps (Infraorder Aculeata)

• Superfamily Formicoidea

• Ants (Family Formicidae)

• Myrmicine Ants (Subfamily Myrmicinae)

• Flower Ants (Genus Monomorium)

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Genus Monomorium comprises a diverse group of small ants in the family Formicidae that are distributed throughout tropical, subtropical, and temperate regions worldwide. This genus includes numerous species that inhabit a wide variety of environments, ranging from forests and grasslands to deserts and urban areas. Monomorium ants are generally small, slender insects that nest in soil, leaf litter, rotting wood, beneath stones, or within buildings. They are opportunistic foragers, feeding on seeds, nectar, honeydew, dead insects, and other organic materials.