Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Introduced - established

Year of first record: 1933

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: Baltra, Bartolome, Champion, Española, Fernandina, Floreana, Gardner (next to Española), Isabela, Marchena, Pinta, Rábida, Santiago, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Santa Fe and North Seymour originally probably from Kenya (type specimen)

• Wheeler, W.M. (1933) The Templeton Crocker Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences, 1932. No. 6 Formicidae of the Templeton Crocker Expedition. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sc., Fourth Series 21(6): 57-64.
• 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.
• Linsley, E.G. Usinger, R.L. (1966) Insects of the Galápagos Islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences Fourth Series 33(7): 113-196.
• Jaramillo, P. Reyes, D. & Yánez, P. (2005) Arthopods in the Charles Darwin Research Station herbarium, Galápagos, during 1999-2001. GALAPAGOS RESEARCH. Noticias de Galápagos. 63: 23-25.
• McMullen, C.K. (2010) Nocturnal and diurnal pollination of Clerodendrum molle (Verbenaceae) in the Galápagos Islands Plant Syst Evol (2011) 292:15-23
• 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.
• 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.
• Latreille, P. A. (1802) Histoire naturelle des fourmis, et recueil de mémoires et d'observations sur les abeilles, les araignées, les faucheurs, et autres insectes. Paris: Impr. Crapelet (chez T. Barrois). 445 pp.