In Colombia it is a surname of Spanish origin. Last name of a young Colombian sculptor, named Mario Santanilla. Name of a famous banquet house of Villavicencio, Meta Department (The Kitchen of Santanilla ). Diminutive of Santana. In Geography is the name of a small archipelago of 3 very small islands of the Caribbean Sea, belonging to Honduras. It is called Santanilla Archipelago or Swan Archipelago. In Central America it is also one of the common names that receives a small ant, of painful mu sting. In Colombia he decos pitucha or candelilla . Its scientific name is Wasmannia auropunctata and belongs to the family Formicidae . It also receives names such as: albayalde , santanica , ant, fire ant or electric antuit.
