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Linepithema humile

Argentine ant

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Linepithema humile

AntCat · view at source · updated on 18/10/2026

Author: (Mayr, 1868) species Valid name

Formicidae

Linepithema humile (Mayr, 1868)

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

Argentine Ant

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Animalia · Arthropoda · Insecta · Hymenoptera · Formicidae · Linepithema

Linepithema humile

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

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species of insect

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(c) James Bailey, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by James Bailey · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist

no rights reserved, uploaded by Jesse Rorabaugh · CC0 · iNaturalist

(c) José Luis Barberán, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by José Luis Barberán · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist

(c) Damon Tighe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Damon Tighe · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist

(c) Antón Vázquez, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Antón Vázquez · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist

no rights reserved, uploaded by Philipp Hoenle · CC0 · iNaturalist

Occurrences (GBIF) 53 countries · 22284 records

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Year	Records
1885	1
1896	1
1901	2
1904	1
1905	3
1907	7
1908	11
1909	30
1910	8
1912	3
1913	10
1914	13
1915	5
1916	1
1918	3
1919	8
1920	14
1921	6
1922	1
1923	4
1924	3
1925	56
1926	5
1927	3
1928	1
1929	7
1930	8
1931	16
1932	28
1933	9
1934	7
1935	24
1936	2
1938	9
1939	14
1940	39
1941	2
1942	4
1943	1
1944	13
1945	13
1946	1
1947	10
1948	7
1949	2
1950	44
1951	14
1952	19
1953	23
1954	8
1955	6
1956	9
1957	11
1958	10
1959	35
1960	53
1961	151
1962	58
1963	10
1964	7
1965	36
1966	53
1967	27
1968	11
1969	18
1970	7
1971	13
1972	109
1973	10
1974	10
1975	19
1976	22
1977	18
1978	14
1979	10
1980	36
1981	21
1982	21
1983	3
1984	6
1985	17
1986	10
1987	67
1988	133
1989	18
1990	58
1991	40
1992	66
1993	72
1994	78
1995	42
1996	58
1997	96
1998	80
1999	216
2000	75
2001	137
2002	318
2003	235
2004	368
2005	642
2006	206
2007	193
2008	156
2009	157
2010	288
2011	144
2012	106
2013	439
2014	679
2015	437
2016	635
2017	795
2018	640
2019	1,037
2020	1,503
2021	1,300
2022	1,902
2023	1,914
2024	1,738
2025	2,004
2026	1,494

United States · 15,777 Spain · 1,228 Portugal · 874 Australia · 851 South Africa · 586 New Zealand · 464 Mexico · 449 France · 387 Chile · 353 Argentina · 336 Italy · 201 Ecuador · 142 Japan · 114 Belgium · 93 Brazil · 93 Bermuda · 57 Paraguay · 34 Greece · 29 Colombia · 21 Guam · 20 Morocco · 15 Netherlands · 14 United Kingdom · 14 Uruguay · 11 Canada · 10 Bolivia · 10 Switzerland · 10 Namibia · 8 Unknown Region · 8 Réunion · 8 Peru · 7 Algeria · 7 South Korea · 6 Norfolk Island · 6 Croatia · 5 Germany · 4 Tunisia · 4 Malta · 3 French Guiana · 3 Bahamas · 3 Armenia · 2 Lesotho · 2 Montenegro · 2 Norway · 2 Panama · 2 Poland · 2 Cameroon · 1 Dominican Republic · 1 Guatemala · 1 Honduras · 1 India · 1 Sweden · 1 Israel · 1

SBMNH Campus, United States 02/09/2026 · Female · Owen Duncan · SBMNH · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode · original record

Dangermond Preserve, 1.6 air km east-northeast of Point Conception lighthouse., United States 18/08/2026 · A Mele, CJ Evelyn · UCSB · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode · original record

Belgium 27/06/2026 · Natuurpunt · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

Belgium 19/05/2026 · Natuurpunt · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

São Bartolomeu, Portugal 06/05/2026 · 122 m · António Domingues · UAc · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode · original record

Belgium 03/05/2026 · Natuurpunt · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

United States 31/03/2026 · crysz · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

Belgium 31/03/2026 · daan_d · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

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