Anoplolepis gracilipes
TaxID: 354296
Basic Information
Anoplolepis gracilipes
Ant, Yellow Crazy Ant
The yellow crazy ant (Anoplolepis gracilipes), also known as the long-legged ant or Maldive ant, is a species of ant, thought to be native to Asia. They have been accidentally introduced to numerous places in the world's tropics. The yellow crazy ant has colloquially been given the modifier "crazy" on account of the ant's erratic movements when disturbed. Its long legs and antennae make it one of the largest invasive ant species in the world. Like several other invasive ants, such as the red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta), the big-headed ant (Pheidole megacephala), the little fire ant (Wasmannia auropunctata), and the Argentine ant (Linepithema humile), the yellow crazy ant is a "tramp ant", a species that easily becomes established and dominant in new habitat due to traits such as aggression toward other ant species, little aggression toward members of its own species, efficient recruitment, and large colony size. It is on a list of "one hundred of the world's worst invasive species" formulated by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), having invaded ecosystems from Hawaii to the Seychelles, and formed supercolonies on Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean. In 2023, a scientific article postulated a unique reproductive cycle for A. gracilipes, suggesting that males are obligate chimeras.
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Taxonomic Information
Metazoa
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Formicidae
Anoplolepis
gracilipes
unclassified
Species
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Arthropods
Photos (0 photos)
No photos available.
Morphological Features
Worker: body length approximately 4–5 mm. Head, mesosoma, and gaster uniformly yellowish-brown to brownish-yellow. Head in full-face view with antennal sockets confluent with posterior margin of clypeus; malar space with lateral margin longer than maximum scape width. Antennae 12-segmented; scape extremely elongate, about 2× head length, lacking erect macrosetae; funiculus subequal to mesosoma length. Mandibles well-developed, triangular, with 8–9 denticles. Frons without paired macrosetae. Pronotum distinct, anterior margin slightly concave; in lateral view, anterior and dorsal margins of mesoscutum forming a right rounded angle. Forewing with media vein (M) incomplete, not reaching wing margin. Petiolar node nodiform. Dorsum of body without erect pilosity (contrasting with Paratrechina).
Plazi taxonomic treatment
Host Plants (0 host plants)
Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.
No host plants available.
Quarantine Status (3 records)
Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.
| Country | Status | Year Added |
|---|---|---|
| Republic of Korea | Quarantine pests | — |
| New Zealand | Quarantine pests | — |
| French Polynesia | Absent | — |
Distribution (38 countries)
Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.
| Country | Status | State |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | Present | — |
| Bangladesh | Present | — |
| Brunei Darussalam | Present | — |
| Cambodia | Present | — |
| China | Present | — |
| Cook Islands | Present | — |
| Fiji | Present | — |
| France | Present | — |
| Guam | Present | — |
| Hong Kong, China | Present | — |
Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)
Download CSVGenomes (5 records)
Data source: NCBI.
| Assembly Accession | Assembly Level | Genome Size(Mb) | Contig N50(Kb) | Scaffold N50(Kb) | BUSCO% | Downloads | Actions |
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| GCF_047496725.1 | Chromosome | - | - | - | - | - |
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ASM4749672v1 |
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| GCA_048542685.1 | Scaffold | - | - | - | - | - |
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ASM4854268v1 |
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| GCA_031304115.1 | Scaffold | 243 | 2109 | 2665 | - |
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APGP_CSIRO_Agra_v1 |
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| GCA_028668095.1 | Scaffold | - | - | - | - | - |
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UNIL_AgrW_1.0 |
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| GCA_028658765.1 | Scaffold | - | - | - | - | - |
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UNIL_AgrR_1.0 |
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Transcriptomes (3 records)
Data source: NCBI.
| Run ID | Tissue | Developmental Stage | Sex | Read Count | Location | Actions |
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| SRR32073878 | Whole body of worker 4 | - | - | 36567304 | Thailand: Nakhon Nayok | |
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PRJNA1192054 SRX27422365 SRP558947 insect RNA-Seq of Agr: Worker4 RNA was extracted from worker4 by Kapa mRNA library kit LS {'host': 'laboratory', 'tissue': 'Whole body of worker 4', 'isolate': 'LS', 'geo_loc_name': 'Thailand: Nakhon Nayok', 'biosamplemodel': 'Invertebrate', 'collection_date': '2015'} |
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| SRR32073877 | Whole body of worker 5 | - | - | 32879172 | Thailand: Nakhon Nayok | |
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PRJNA1192054 SRX27422366 SRP558947 insect RNA-Seq of Agr: Worker5 RNA was extracted from worker5 by Kapa mRNA library kit LS {'host': 'laboratory', 'tissue': 'Whole body of worker 5', 'isolate': 'LS', 'geo_loc_name': 'Thailand: Nakhon Nayok', 'biosamplemodel': 'Invertebrate', 'collection_date': '2015'} |
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| SRR32073876 | Whole body of worker 6 | - | - | 29691781 | Thailand: Nakhon Nayok | |
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PRJNA1192054 SRX27422367 SRP558947 insect RNA-Seq of Agr: Worker6 RNA was extracted from worker6 by Kapa mRNA library kit LS {'host': 'laboratory', 'tissue': 'Whole body of worker 6', 'isolate': 'LS', 'geo_loc_name': 'Thailand: Nakhon Nayok', 'biosamplemodel': 'Invertebrate', 'collection_date': '2015'} |
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