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Technomyrmex albipes

White-footed Ant

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: White-footed Ant, Black House Ant

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE Asia; EXOTIC EXOTIC circumtropical (incl. Fiji - Cooks; Hawai‘i) & subtropical

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent, Naturalised; S.Group; ?; Land, horticultural

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: ; Pest???

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present    Makatea:
RR 
MG
AT
MK
MT
AK
PL
TK
MN
P
P
P

Northern Group:
TN 
MH
RK
PK
NS
SW

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Scientific Taxonomy

Technomyrmex albipes (Fr. Smith, 1861)
SYNONYMS: Formica (Tapinoma) albipes [O]; Technomyrmex albipes rufescens; [Technomyrmex albipes var. vitiensis

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; ATELOCERATA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PTERYGOTA; Hymenoptera; Apocrita; Aculeata; Vespoidea; FORMICIDAE, Dolichoderinae

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Cooks: specimen - Rhode, B.E.; Berry, J.A. 2000. Ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) held in the New Zealand Arthropod Collection. Rarotonga: Wilder1929, Wheeler1914. Aitutaki: TaylorDSIR.

References:
Special Reference: W&T67,

Data Update History (information):
zTXmx, zB02, zM02

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org. Copy citation to system clipboard
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