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Tapinoma sessile (odorous house ant)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Tapinoma sessile is a species of ant that goes by the common names odorous house ant, stink ant, and coconut ant. Their colonies are polydomous (consist of multiple nests) and polygynous (contain multiple reproducing queens). Like many social insects, T. sessile employs complex foraging strategies, allocates food depending on environmental conditions, and engages in competition with other insect species. As with most other ants, T. sessile is eusocial. This is characterized by reproductive division of labor, cooperative care of the young, and overlapping generations.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Edwin S. George Reserve 1297 Michigan, United States

Prey / Diet

Chamaecrista nictitans (partridge-pea)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Crematogaster lineolata1
Dolichoderus plagiatus1
Formica schaufussi1
Monomorium minimum (little black ant)1
Solenopsis molesta (thief ant)1

Predators

Heteropogon wilcoxi[2]
Holopogon albipilosus[2]
Holopogon seniculus[2]
Machimus callidus[2]
Proctacanthella willistoni[2]

Consumers

Pollinator of 
Campsis radicans (common trumpetcreeper)[3]

External References

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Citations

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♦ 1Seed predators are undeterred by nectar-feeding ants on Chamaecrista nictitans (Caesalpineaceae), Scott Ruhren, Plant Ecology 166: 189–198, 2003.
♦ 2Predator-Prey Database for the family Asilidae (Hexapoda: Diptera) Prepared by Dr. Robert Lavigne, Professor Emeritus, University of Wyoming, USA and Dr. Jason Londt (Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg)
♦ 3Robertson, C. Flowers and insects lists of visitors of four hundred and fifty three flowers. 1929. The Science Press Printing Company Lancaster, PA.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0