Anoplolepis gracilipes

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: United Arab Emirates. Australasian Region: Australia, New Caledonia. Indo-Australian Region: Borneo, Fiji, Guam, Hawaii, Indonesia, Krakatau Islands, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), New Guinea, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, 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, 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).