Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel, 1881: 5 (w.) VIRGIN IS. And, 1881b: 69 (m.); Forel, 1904f: 422 (q.); Emery, 1909a: 26 (m. ergatoid m., not q.); Arnold, 1916: 201 (q.). Senior synonym of nereis: Wilson & Taylor, 1967: 53; of monilicornis: Baroni Urbani, 1973: 200; of mahdii, mauritia, rasalamae: Bolton, 1982: 312. See also: Smith, M.R. 1944a: 33; Kugler, J. 1984: 3; Seifert, 2003a: 276. Current subspecies: nominal plus fezzanensis.

Origin: Introduced - established

Year of first record: 1981

Mode of introduction: Accidental

Introduction Pathway: Stowaway

Subpathway: Hitchhiker on transport vehicles/cargo

Introduced status: Naturalized

Invasive status: Potentially Invasive

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Albany, Bainbridge #1, Bainbridge #3, Bainbridge #4, Bainbridge #5, Bainbridge #6, Bainbridge #8, Bar, Cousin, Darwin, Eden, Fernandina, Floreana, Gardner (next to Floreana) , Genovesa, Gran Felipe, Isabela, Mariela Grande, Mao, Marchena, Pinta, Pinzon, Plaza Sur, Rabida, Santiago, San Cristobal, Santa Cruz, North Seymour, Santa Fe and Wolf.

• Forel, A. (1881) Die Ameisen der Antille St. Thomas. Mitteilungen der Münchener Entomologischen Verein 5:1-16.
• Herrera, H. W., Tocora, M. C., Fiorentino, G., Causton, C. E., Dekoninck, W., & Hendrickx, F. (2024) The ants of the Galápagos Islands (Hymenoptera, Formicidae): a historical overview, checklist, and identification key. ZooKeys, 1191, 151.
• Herrera, H. W., Baert, L., Dekoninck, W., Causton, C. E., Sevilla, C. R., Pozo, P., & Hendrickx, F. (2020) Distribution and habitat preferences of Galápagos ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Belgian Journal of Entomology 93: 1–60.
• Lubin, Y.D. (1984) Changes in the native fauna of the Galápagos Islands following invasion by the little red fire ant, Wasmannia auropunctata. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 21(1-2): 229-242.
• von Aesch, L. Cherix, D. (2005) Introduced Ant Species and Mechanisms of Competition on Floreana Island (Galápagos, Ecuador) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 45(2): 463-481.