black-calabash vs pharaoh ant

Amphitecna latifolia compared with Monomorium pharaonis

Key Differences

• black-calabash is Least Concern while pharaoh ant is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	black-calabash	pharaoh ant
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Lamiales (Lamiales)	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)
Family	Bignoniaceae	Formicidae
Genus	Amphitecna	Monomorium
Species	Amphitecna latifolia	Monomorium pharaonis

Conservation Status

black-calabash

LC — Least Concern

pharaoh ant

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	black-calabash	pharaoh ant
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

black-calabash

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Cuba.

pharaoh ant

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (7 countries), Europe (24 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (4 countries), and South America (6 countries).

black-calabash

The Black-calabash (Amphitecna latifolia) is a species in the genus Amphitecna. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia 🇨🇺 Cuba