Anoplolepis gracilipes

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: United Arab Emirates. Australasian Region: Australia, New Caledonia. Indo-Australian Region: Borneo, Cook Islands, Fiji, Guam, Hawaii, Indonesia, Krakatau Islands, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Wallis and Futuna Islands. Malagasy Region: Mauritius, Réunion, Seychelles. Neotropical Region: Chile, Mexico. Oriental Region: Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Nicobar Island, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam. Palaearctic Region: China, Greece, Japan.

Nomenclature

 * longipes. Formica longipes Jerdon, 1851: 122 (w.) INDIA. Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1953c: 132 (l.); Imai, Brown, et al. 1984: 68 (k.). Combination in Plagiolepis: Emery, 1887a: 247; in Plagiolepis (Anoplolepis): Santschi, 1914b: 123; in Anoplolepis: Emery, 1925b: 17. [Junior primary homonym of Formica longipes Latreille, 1802c: 233 (now in Pheidole).] Replacement name: Formica gracilipes Smith, F. 1857a: 55. [Note: this name is the oldest available junior synonym of longipes Jerdon (synonymy by Emery, 1887a: 247; confirmed by examination of syntypic workers), and hence is first available replacement name: Bolton, 1995b: 67.] See also: Baker, 1976: 253; Haines & Haines, 1978: 109; Rao & Veeresh, 1991: 261.
 *  gracilipes. Formica gracilipes Smith, F. 1857a: 55 (w.) SINGAPORE. Mayr, 1867a: 73 (q.). Combination in Prenolepis: Mayr, 1862: 698; in Plagiolepis: Mayr, 1867a: 73; in Anoplolepis: Bolton, 1995b: 67. Senior synonym of trifasciata: Mayr, 1867a: 73. Junior synonym of longipes Jerdon: Emery, 1887a: 247; hence first available replacement name for Formica longipes Jerdon, 1851: 122, designated by Bolton, 1995b: 67. [Junior primary homonym of Formice longipes Latreille, 1802c: 233 (now in Pheidole).]
 * trifasciata. Formica trifasciata Smith, F. 1858b: 27 (q.) INDONESIA (Java). Junior synonym of gracilipes: Mayr, 1867a: 73.

Type Material


Formica gracilipes

Two worker syntypes in. Labelled “Sing. 30.” Also specimens det. as gracilipes from “Aru” and “N” (= New Guinea).

Additional References

 * [[Media:Baker 1976.pdf|Baker, G.L. 1976. The seasonal life cycle of Anoplolepis longipes (Jerdon) in a cacao plantation and under brushed rain forest in the northern district of Papua New Guinea. Insectes Sociaux 23: 253-261. [(30).ix.1976.] PDF]]
 * Gruber, M.A.M., Hoffmann, B.D., Ritchie, P.A. & Lester, P.J. 2012. Recent behavioural and population genetic divergence of an invasive ant in a novel environment. Diversity and Distributions, 18, 323–333.
 * Mezger, D. & Pfeiffer, M. 2011. Influence of the arrival of Anoplolepis gracilipes (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) on the composition of an ant community in a clearing in Gunung Mulu National Park, Sarawak, Malaysia. Asian Myrmecology, 4, 89-98.
 * Stewart, P.L.C.F., Brown, L.R., Richards, G. & Bernard, A. 2012. An alternative baiting method of Yellow Crazy Ants (Anoplolepis gracilipes) on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean (downloaded June, 2012 from http://www.antcontrol.org/documents/An-Alternative-Control-Method-of-Yellow-Crazy-Ants.pdf).