Longhorn Crazy Ant Paratrechina longicornis

Classification

Formicinae [subfamily]
Paratrechina [genus] (2)
longicornis [species]

Classification

Formicinae [subfamily]
Paratrechina [genus] (2)
longicornis [species]

Presence

Recorded on
  • Aruba
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  • Bonaire
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  • Curaçao
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  • Saba
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  • Sint Maarten
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    Presence status
  • Introduced (2) - Aruba
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  • Introduced (2) - Bonaire
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  • Introduced (2) - Curaçao
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  • Introduced (2) - Saba
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  • Introduced (2) - Sint Maarten
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    Natural distribution Asia
    Distribution description Likely originated in the Indian region.

    Publications

    • Boer, P. 2018. Ants of Curaçao. [link]
    • Boer, P. 2020. Ants of Aruba, species list. [link]
    • Boer, P., Boer, M.J.A. 2019. The ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Saba (Netherlands Antilles). 26. Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, The Netherlands. [link]
    • Buurt, G. van, & Debrot, A.O. 2012. Introduced agricultural pests, plant and animals diseases and vectors in the Dutch Caribbean, with an “Alert species” list. 1-35. IMARES, Wageningen.
    • Weber, N.A. 1948. Ants from the Leeward group and some other Caribbean localities. Studies on the fauna of Curaçao, Aruba, Bonaire and the Venezuelan Islands 3: 78-86.
    • Wetterer, J.K., Hugel, S. 2009. Worldwide spread of the Ant Cricket Myrmecophilus americanus, a symbiont of the Longhorn Crazy Ant, Paratrechina longicornis. Sociobiology 52: 157-165.