Linepithema humile

Linepithema humile

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Formicoidea

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Familia: Formicidae
Subfamilia: Dolichoderinae
Tribus: Leptomyrmecini
Genus: Linepithema
Species: Linepithema humile
Subspecies: L. h. angulatum - L. h. arrogans - L. h. breviscapum - L. h. gallardoi - L. h. humile - L. h. platense - L. h. scotti

Name

Linepithema humile (Mayr, 1868)

Synonyms

• Iridomyrmex humilis (Mayr, 1868)

References

• Linepithema humile (Mayr, 1868) Report on ITIS
• NCBI link: Linepithema humile
• Linepithema humile (Mayr 1868) Taxon details on Fauna Europaea
• JAnt: species: Linepithema humile
• Orr, M.R.; Seike, S.H. 1998: Parasitoids deter foraging by Argentine ants (Linepithema humile) in their native habitat in Brazil. Oecologia, 117(3): 420-425. doi: 10.1007/s004420050676
• Ward, D.F. et al. 2010: Twenty years of Argentine ants in New Zealand: past research and future priorities for applied management. New Zealand entomologist, 33: 68-78.
• Wild, A.L. 2004: Taxonomy and distribution of the Argentine ant, Linepithema humile (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 97: 1204-1215.

New Zealand references

• Macfarlane, R.P.; Maddison, P.A.; Andrew, I.G.; Berry, J.A.; Johns, P.M.; Hoare, R.J.B.; Larivière, M.-C.; Greenslade, P.; Henderson, R.C.; Smithers, C.N.; Palma, R.L.; Ward, J.B.; Pilgrim, R.L.C.; Towns, D.R.; McLellan, I.; Teulon, D.A.J.; Hitchings, T.R.; Eastop, V.F.; Martin, N.A.; Fletcher, M.J.; Stufkens, M.A.W.; Dale, P.J.; Burckhardt, D.; Buckley, T.R.; Trewick, S.A. 2010: Phylum Arthropoda subphylum Hexapoda: Protura, springtails, Diplura, and insects. Pp. 233-467 in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) 2010: New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume 2. Kingdom Animalia. Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. ISBN 978-1-87725793-3 PDF [455, listed]
• Cooling, M.; Hartley, S.; Sim, D.A.; Lester, P.J. (online, 2011): The widespread collapse of an invasive species: Argentine ants (Linepithema humile) in New Zealand. Biology letters, doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.1014

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Argentynse mier
English: Argentine ant
日本語: アルゼンチンアリ

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