Argentine ant

Argentine ant
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Linepithema
Species:
L. humile
Binomial name
Linepithema humile
(Mayr, 1868)

The Argentine ant (Linepithema humile, formerly Iridomyrmex humilis) is an ant native to northern Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia and southern Brazil.[1] This invasive species was inadvertently introduced by humans on a global scale[2][3][4] and has become established in many Mediterranean climate areas,[5][6][7][8] including South Africa,[9] New Zealand,[10] Japan,[11] Easter Island,[12] Australia,[13] the Azores,[14] Europe,[15] Hawaii,[16] and the continental United States.[17] Argentine ants are significant pests within agricultural and urban settings,[18][19][20] and are documented to cause substantial harm to communities of native arthropods,[21][22][23] vertebrates,[24][25][26] and plants[27][28][29] within their invaded range.

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