Linepithema humile

TaxID: 83485

Basic Information

Linepithema humile

Argentine Ant, Argentine ant

The Argentine ant (Linepithema humile, formerly Iridomyrmex humilis) is an ant native to northern Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia and southern Brazil. This invasive species was inadvertently introduced by humans on a global scale and has become established in many Mediterranean climate areas, including South Africa, New Zealand, Japan, Easter Island, Australia, the Azores, Europe, Hawaii, and the continental United States. Argentine ants are significant pests within agricultural and urban settings, and are documented to cause substantial harm to communities of native arthropods, vertebrates, and plants within their invaded range.

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Taxonomic Information

Metazoa

Arthropoda

Insecta

Hymenoptera

Formicidae

Linepithema

humile

unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

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(c) Antón Vázquez@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (9 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Bahrain Quarantine pests 2003
China Quarantine pests 2024
Egypt Abesent 2018
Republic of Korea Quarantine pests —
New Caledonia Quarantine pests —
Oman Absent —
French Polynesia Absent —
Qatar Absent —
Turkey Unknow 2016

Distribution (44 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Algeria Present —
Argentina Present —
Australia Present —
Belgium Present —
Bahamas Present —
Bermuda Present —
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Present —
Brazil Present —
Canada Present —
Switzerland Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (3 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Assembly Accession Assembly Level Genome Size(Mb) Contig N50(Kb) Scaffold N50(Kb) BUSCO% Downloads Actions
GCF_040581485.1 Chromosome - - - - -
GCF_000217595.1 Scaffold - - - - -
GCA_000217595.1 Scaffold 219 35 1402 -

Transcriptomes (3 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR29345095 whole body - - 6670596 France
SRR29345094 whole body - - 7566895 France
SRR29344992 whole body - - 5963341 France

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature