Linepithema piliferum

Colombian specimens of Linepithema piliferum have been found in plantations of Eucalyptus, beans, coffee, pine, oak, and urapán (Fraxinus chinensis Roxburgh), as well as in mixed Andean forest, paddocks, forest fragments, forest edges, living fences, pastures, and glens (Escarraga & Guerrero, 2016).

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela.

Nomenclature

 *  piliferum. Hypoclinea pilifera Mayr, 1870a: 393 (w.q.) COLOMBIA. Crozier, 1970: 113 (k.). Wild, 2007a: 103 (m.). Combination in Iridomyrmex: Dalla Torre, 1893: 169; in Linepithema: Shattuck, 1992a: 16.