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ID guide | introduced ants

China

Some species listed here could be native to all or part of this country, but are recorded as introduced or intercepted elsewhere.

[n] = native to the country but introduced elsewhere
[n?] = possibly native to at least some portion of country

Anoplolepis gracilipes
Cardiocondyla kagutsuchi [n?]
Cardiocondyla wroughtonii
Cerapachys biroi
Dolichoderus thoracicus [n?]
Hypoponera opaciceps
Hypoponera punctatissima
Hypoponera ragusai
Iridomyrmex anceps
Monomorium destructor
Monomorium pharaonis
Monomorium subopacum
Myrmica rubra [n?]
Nylanderia bourbonica
Nylanderia vividula
Ochetellus glaber
Pachycondyla chinensis [n]
Paratrechina longicornis [n?]
Pheidole fervens
Pheidole megacephala
Plagiolepis alluaudi
Plagiolepis exigua
Plagiolepis pygmaea
Solenopsis geminata
Solenopsis invicta
Strumigenys emmae
Strumigenys lewisi
Strumigenys membranifera
Strumigenys silvestrii
Tapinoma melanocephalum
Technomyrmex albipes
Tetramorium bicarinatum
Tetramorium caespitum
Tetramorium insolens
Tetramorium lanuginosum
Tetramorium pacificum
Tetramorium simillimum
Tetramorium tonganum
Tetramorium tsushimae [n?]
Vollenhovia emeryi [n?]

​Original source | http://www.antwiki.org/wiki/China

References

  • Chen, You et al. 2010. Diversity of Ground Ants at Vertical Zones on West Slope of Mountain Ailao. Journal of Anhui Agri Sci. 38(31): 17715-17717, 17719.
  • A complete (as of 2012) list of publications that have included occurrence data for ant species that occur in China can be found in: Guenard, B. and Dunn, R. R. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa. 3558:1-77.
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