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Brachyponera chinensis

Asian needle ant

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Brachyponera chinensis (Emery, 1895)

GBIF · view at source · updated on 03/07/2026

Asian Needle Ant

SPECIES Synonym

Animalia · Arthropoda · Insecta · Hymenoptera · Formicidae · Pachycondyla

Brachyponera chinensis

Wikidata · view at source · CC0 · updated on 03/07/2026

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(c) solomon v. hendrix, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by solomon v. hendrix · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist
(c) Margarita Lankford, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Margarita Lankford · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist
(c) Jonghyun Park, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Jonghyun Park · CC BY · iNaturalist
no rights reserved, uploaded by Jesse Rorabaugh · CC0 · iNaturalist
Occurrences (GBIF) 15 countries · 4240 records GBIF · updated on 14/08/2026 Maximize Minimize
Georeferenced points from GBIF. Click the map to use the scroll wheel; click a point to view the record.
Occurrences by year
1946: 6 1948: 1 1965: 1 1971: 3 1978: 2 1980: 1 1981: 1 1983: 6 1988: 1 1990: 30 1991: 1 1992: 2 1994: 7 2001: 9 2002: 1 2004: 1 2005: 7 2006: 7 2007: 9 2008: 19 2009: 75 2010: 12 2011: 98 2012: 42 2013: 29 2014: 13 2015: 31 2016: 23 2017: 799 2018: 84 2019: 107 2020: 190 2021: 294 2022: 398 2023: 402 2024: 506 2025: 509 2026: 313
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YearRecords
19466
19481
19651
19713
19782
19801
19811
19836
19881
199030
19911
19922
19947
20019
20021
20041
20057
20067
20079
200819
200975
201012
201198
201242
201329
201413
201531
201623
2017799
201884
2019107
2020190
2021294
2022398
2023402
2024506
2025509
2026313
United States · 3,545 South Korea · 463 Japan · 162 China · 35 Hong Kong SAR China · 15 Italy · 7 Germany · 3 India · 3 Georgia · 1 Croatia · 1 Macao SAR China · 1 New Zealand · 1 Papua New Guinea · 1 Vietnam · 1 Taiwan · 1
United States 09/08/2026 · Male · andrew2285 · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode · original record
United States 09/08/2026 · Judy Gallagher · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
United States 09/08/2026 · Dr. Ben R. Goldstein · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode · original record
United States 09/08/2026 · Colby Main · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
United States 08/08/2026 · Male · Jeff Clark · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record
United States 07/08/2026 · Male · groobermcautumn · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
United States 07/08/2026 · piedmontgrowing · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
United States 06/08/2026 · Male · Henry · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record
United States 06/08/2026 · Male · Lindsay Smith · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
United States 05/08/2026 · Female · Dave Ziolkowski · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

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