Checklist of Linepithema species

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Linepithema
Dolichoderinae
Linepithema fuscum
Distribution
Species Richness
Statistics
Valid Species	22
Invalid Species	16
Fossils	0
Countries Occupied	62
Year Described	1866
First Species Described	1866
Last Species Described	2023

The following species and subspecies belong to the genus Linepithema. Synonyms are listed under their senior names. For valid names only see Linepithema species and for distribution information see Linepithema species by Country.

A

anathema Wild, 2007 (Brazil)
angulatum (Emery, 1894) (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Venezuela)
   • Iridomyrmex pordescens Wheeler, W.M., 1942

aztecoides Wild, 2007 (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay)

C

cerradense Wild, 2007 (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay)
cryptobioticum Wild, 2007 (Argentina, Paraguay)

D

dispertitum (Forel, 1885) (Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago)

F

flavescens (Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1914) (Greater Antilles, Haiti)
fuscum Mayr, 1866 (Argentina, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela)

G

gallardoi (Brèthes, 1914) (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, Uruguay)
   • Iridomyrmex humilis breviscapa Santschi, 1929
   • Iridomyrmex impotens Santschi, 1923

H

hirsutum Escarraga & Guerrero, 2016 (Colombia)
humile (Mayr, 1868) (Argentina, Australia, Balearic Islands, Belgium, Bermuda, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canary Islands, Channel Islands, Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, Ecuador, France, French Guiana, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hawaii, Iberian Peninsula, Iran, Italy, Japan, Lesotho, Malta, Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, New Zealand, Norfolk Island, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Saint Helena, Spain, Türkiye, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States, Uruguay, Vanuatu)
   • Iridomyrmex humilis arrogans Chopard, 1921
   • Iridomyrmex riograndensis Borgmeier, 1928

I

inacatum Bolton, 1995 (Argentina, Brazil)
   • Linepithema gallardoi Kusnezov Kusnezov, 1969

iniquum (Mayr, 1870) (Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Greater Antilles, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Lesser Antilles, Martinique, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Suriname, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Venezuela)
   • Iridomyrmex iniquus bicolor Forel, 1912
   • Iridomyrmex iniquus nigellus Emery, 1890
   • Iridomyrmex melleus Wheeler, W.M., 1908
   • Iridomyrmex melleus dominicensis Wheeler, W.M., 1913
   • Iridomyrmex melleus fuscescens Wheeler, W.M., 1908
   • Iridomyrmex melleus succineus Forel, 1908

K

keiteli (Forel, 1907) (Dominican Republic, Haiti)
   • Iridomyrmex keiteli subfasciatus Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1914

L

leucomelas (Emery, 1894) (Brazil)
   • Iridomyrmex aspidocoptus Kempf, 1969

M

micans (Forel, 1908) (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay)
   • Iridomyrmex humilis platensis Forel, 1912
   • Iridomyrmex humilis scotti Santschi, 1919

N

neotropicum Wild, 2007 (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Paraguay, Venezuela)

O

oblongum (Santschi, 1929) (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile)

P

paulistana Cantone & Di Giulio, 2023 (Brazil)
piliferum (Mayr, 1870) (Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela)
pulex Wild, 2007 (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay)

T

tsachila Wild, 2007 (Colombia, Ecuador)