Technomyrmex albipes

Technomyrmex albipes
Technomyrmex albipes worker
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Apocrita
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Technomyrmex
Species: T. albipes
Binomial name
Technomyrmex albipes
Smith, 1861

Technomyrmex albipes (commonly known as white-footed ant)[1] is a species of ant first described from Indonesia in 1861.[2] Though it neither bites nor causes structural damage, it is considered a nuisance due to its explosive population growth.

Introduced species

Although not native to North America, the insects were accidentally imported into Florida where they were first collected and identified in 1986. New information from Bolton indicates that the white-footed ant in Florida is Technomyrmex difficilis.

References

  1. Wetterer, James K. (2013). "Worldwide spread of the difficult white-footed ant, Technomyrmex difficilis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Myrmecological News 18: 93–97.
  2. Bolton, B. (2015). "Technomyrmex albipes". AntCat. Retrieved 22 August 2015.

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