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Samsum ant

Brachyponera sennaarensis

Gbasara aha ya: "Samsum" is an Arabic word meaning "sharp sword", probably a reference to the ant's stinger.1

Naanị na-afụ ụfụỌ na-afụ ụfụ, mana ọ gaghị emerụ gị ahụ nke ukwuu.

Arụrụ

ỊgbaNri ya: Ntakịrị ihe niile

Ihe ize ndụ nye mmadụ: Na-afụ ụfụỌ nwere ike ịfụ ụfụ nke ukwuu, mana ọ naghị adịkarị njọ.

The samsum ant is a small ant that lives across much of Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. It often shares homes with people and is a common household pest. It matters because its sting is powerful and, in rare cases, can cause a severe allergic reaction that can be fatal.1

Ebe obibi

Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Introduced to the United States in 1943, and invasive in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.1

Afrịka, Eshia

Ụlọ

Samsum ants are ground-dwelling and common around homes and towns, so people often meet them in households. In Iran, colonies were found along irrigation ditches in damp ground.1

Ogologo

5 mm ruo 6 mm (0.2 in ruo 0.2 in)1

Ọsọ kacha elu

ihe dị ka 0.12 km/h (0.07 mph)

N'elu ala, nchepụta

Gịnị ka ọ na-eri?

Samsum ants are omnivores and scavengers. They hunt small arthropods, including other ants, and sometimes larger ones such as cockroaches, using their stingers. They also eat seeds, which is unusual among ponerine ants.1

Foto Samsum ant — Samsum ant. Foto: Jonghyun Park. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Otú ị ga-esi mata ya

Body is dark brown to black-brown.1
Antennae, tarsi (foot segments) and tibiae (lower leg segments) are red.1
Body length is 5–6 mm.1
Head is broader than the mesosoma (the middle section of the body).1
Nest entrances are circular and 3–5 mm across.1

Ike nsị

Ịgba

Nsị na-esi na ndụdụ ya apụta.

Gịnị ka nsị ọ na-agba na-eme?

The sting is powerful. In rare cases it can cause anaphylactic shock, a severe allergic reaction, and death.1

Kedu otú o si dị egwu nye mmadụ?

Ihe ize ndụ nye mmadụ: Na-afụ ụfụỌ nwere ike ịfụ ụfụ nke ukwuu, mana ọ naghị adịkarị njọ.

The sting is known to be powerful, and in rare cases it has led to anaphylactic shock and death. Stings have been linked to anaphylaxis in many parts of the world, and the ant is considered a common household pest in several regions.1

Gịnị ka ọ na-eme mgbe ụjọ tụrụ ya?

Samsum ants sting people as a defensive measure.1

Ọ bụrụ na ọ gbaa

Saa ebe ọ gbara, mee ka ha jụọ oyi.
Ọ bụrụ na o siri onye ahụ ike iku ume, ihu ya ma ọ bụ akpịrị ya na-aza, ma ọ bụ na ọ dị ya ka ọ ga-ada mbà, ọ bụ mberede allergy: kpọọ nọmba mberede gị.

Na-ebu ụzọ kpọọ nọmba mberede gị mgbe niile (112, 000, 911). Nke a bụ ndụmọdụ enyemaka mbụ n'ozuzu, ọ bụghị ndụmọdụ ọgwụ. Isi ihe enyemaka mbụ

Nọrọ na nchekwa

Emetụla anụ ọhịa aka, ejidela ya, emekwala ya ihe ọjọọ, ọbụna obere, ọbụna ma ọ dị ka ọ na-ehi ụra ma ọ bụ nwụọ anwụ.
Nye ya ohere. Ọ bụrụ na ị zutere otu, dị jụụ, laghachi azụ nwayọ, hapụ ya ka ọ gaa ụzọ ya.
Ọ bụrụ na otu gbaa gị: dị jụụ, emegharịla ahụ, kpọọ nọmba mberede gị (112, 000, 911) ma ọ bụ gaa ụlọ ọgwụ ngwa ngwa. Cheta ka o si dị, foto na-enye aka.

Ọ naghị achụ gị. Ọ na-eji nsị ya ejide nri ma ọ bụ chebe onwe ya, ọ ga-akakwa mma n'anya ya ịzo onwe ya. Ihe ndị ọzọ gbasara ịnọ na nchekwa

Ebee n'ụwa?

Afrịka Eshia Yurop Ugwu Amerika Ndịda Amerika Ọstrelia na Oshenia

Ọ hà aṅaa?

Kedu otú o si dị ogologo?

dị obere nke na ọ nwere ike ịnọdụ n'elu mbọ aka gị

Kedu otú Samsum ant si hà ma e jiri ya tụnyere GỊ?

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Ejula ubi ihe dị ka 0.05 km/h (0.03 mph)

Samsum ant ihe dị ka 0.12 km/h (0.07 mph)

Mbe ihe dị ka 0.3 km/h (0.19 mph)

ọ dị mma ịmara

Eziokwu

Their name comes from the Arabic word for "sharp sword", probably because of their sting.1

They are one of the only ponerine ants that eat seeds, having moved from a mostly meat diet to an omnivorous one.1

They are one of the few ponerine ants to be invasive, and they are considered invasive in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.1

Among ponerine ants, the size difference between workers and queens is considered rare.1

Maka ndị ọkachamara nsị

Aha sayensị: Brachyponera sennaarensis
Otu: Arụrụ
Ezinụlọ: Formicidae2
Usoro: Hymenoptera
Kọntinent dị iche iche: Afrịka, Eshia
Ụmụ ọhụrụ: Winged males and females take part in nuptial flights shortly after rain.1
Ihe ize ndụ nye mmadụ: 2 / 5: Na-afụ ụfụ3

Ebe eziokwu ndị a si

Samsum ant (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Brachyponera sennaarensis (iNaturalist): aha na nhazi ọkwa.
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