Flower Ant Monomorium floricola

Classification

Myrmicinae [subfamily]

Monomorium [genus] (5)

Myrmicinae [subfamily]

Monomorium [genus] (5)

Recorded on	Aruba
	Bonaire
	Curaçao
	Saba
	Sint Eustatius
	Sint Maarten

Presence status	Introduced (2) - Aruba
	Introduced (2) - Bonaire
	Introduced (2) - Curaçao
	Introduced (2) - Saba
	Introduced (2) - Sint Eustatius
	Introduced (2) - Sint Maarten

Natural distribution	N. America

Distribution description	Found in greenhouses, native to North America. Van den Burg et al. (2025) do not mention this species for St. Eustatius.

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Weber, N.A. 1948. Ants from the Leeward group and some other Caribbean localities. Studies on the fauna of Curaçao, Aruba, Bonaire and the Venezuelan Islands 3: 78-86.
Wetterer, J.K. 2010. Worldwide spread of the flower ant, Monomorium floricola (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecological News 13: 19-27.