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Samsum ant

Brachyponera sennaarensis

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

Irababaza gusaIrababaza, ariko ntizakugirira nabi bikomeye.

Ibimonyo

Itera uruboriIrya: Bike muri buri kimwe

Akaga ku bantu: IrababazaIshobora kubabaza cyane, ariko hafi ya buri gihe nta kibazo gikomeye biteza.

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

Iba muri

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

Afurika, Aziya

Ahabanza

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

Uburebure

5 mm kugeza kuri 6 mm (0,2 in kugeza kuri 0,2 in)1

Umuvuduko wo hejuru

hafi 0,12 km/h (0,07 mph)

Ku butaka, ikigereranyo cy'ugereranyije

Irya iki?

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

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

Uko wayimenya

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

Imbaraga z'ubumara

Itera urubori

Ubumara busohokera mu rubori.

Ubumara bwayo bukora iki?

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

Iteje akaga kangana iki ku bantu?

Akaga ku bantu: IrababazaIshobora kubabaza cyane, ariko hafi ya buri gihe nta kibazo gikomeye biteza.

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

Ikora iki iyo ifite ubwoba?

Samsum ants sting people as a defensive measure.1

Niba itera urubori

Oza aho zateye urubori kandi uhakonjeshe.
Niba umuntu ahumeka bimugoye, akabyimba mu maso cyangwa mu muhogo, cyangwa akumva agiye guta ubwenge, ni ikibazo cyihutirwa cya aleriji: hamagara nimero y'ubutabazi.

Buri gihe banza uhamagare nimero y'ubutabazi (112, 000, 911). Izi ni inama rusange z'ubutabazi bw'ibanze, si inama za muganga. Ibanze by'ubutabazi bw'ibanze

Irinde akaga

Ntuzigere ukora, ufata cyangwa ushotora inyamaswa yo mu gasozi, nubwo yaba ntoya, kandi nubwo yasa n'isinziriye cyangwa yapfuye.
Yihe umwanya. Niba uhuye n'imwe, tuza, usubire inyuma buhoro buhoro kandi uyireke yigendere.
Niba imwe igutereye urubori: tuza, ntunyeganyege, hamagara nimero y'ubutabazi (112, 000, 911) cyangwa ujye ku bitaro vuba. Ibuka uko yasaga, ifoto irafasha.

Ntigushakisha ngo ikugirire nabi. Ikoresha ubumara bwayo kugira ngo ifate ibyo kurya cyangwa yirinde, kandi ikunda cyane kwihisha. Ibindi ku kwirinda

Ni hehe ku isi?

Afurika Aziya Uburayi Amerika y'Amajyaruguru Amerika y'Amajyepfo Ositaraliya na Oseyaniya

Ingana gute?

Ireshya ite?

ntoya ku buryo yakwicara ku nzara yawe

Samsum ant ingana ite ugereranyije NAWE?

Ni imibare gusa ikorerwa muri mudasobwa yawe. Nta kintu kibikwa cyangwa cyoherezwa ahandi.

Yihuta gute?

Ikinyamushongo cyo mu murima hafi 0,05 km/h (0,03 mph)

Samsum ant hafi 0,12 km/h (0,07 mph)

Akanyamasyo hafi 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

bikwiye kumenywa

Ibintu by'ukuri

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

Ku bahanga mu by'ubumara

Izina rya siyansi: Brachyponera sennaarensis
Itsinda: Ibimonyo
Umuryango: Formicidae2
Itsinda rinini (order): Hymenoptera
Imigabane: Afurika, Aziya
Abana bato: Winged males and females take part in nuptial flights shortly after rain.1
Akaga ku bantu: 2 / 5: Irababaza3

Aho ibintu bivugwa bituruka

Samsum ant (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Brachyponera sennaarensis (iNaturalist): amazina n'ibyiciro.
Venom Wiki: urwego rw'akaga, ingano isanzwe n'ikigereranyo cy'umuvuduko ni ibyacu bwite. Reba uko tubibara: Uko tugena akaga.

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