Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Taxon origin: Introduced - established

Mode of introduction: Accidental

Introduction Pathway: Stowaway

Subpathway: Hitchhiker on transport vehicles/cargo

Introduced status: Naturalized

Invasive status: No data

Year of first record: 1891

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Albany, Baltra, Champion, Española, Fernandina, Floreana, Genovesa, Isabela, Marchena, Pinta, Plaza Sur, Rábida, Santiago, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Seymour Norte, Santa Fé and Mariela Mediana.

• Peck, S.B. Heraty, J., Landry, B. & Sinclair, B.J. (1998) Introduced insect fauna of an oceanic archipelago: The Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Am. Entomol. 44: 218-237.
• Wheeler, W.M. (1924) The Formicidae of the Harrison Williams Galapagos Expedition. Zoologica 5(10): 101-122.
• von Aesch, L. Cherix, D. (2005) Introduced Ant Species and Mechanisms of Competition on Floreana Island (Galápagos, Ecuador) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 45(2): 463-481.
• Linsley, E.G. Usinger, R.L. (1966) Insects of the Galápagos Islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences Fourth Series 33(7): 113-196.
• Peck, S.B. (1996) Origin and development of an insect fauna on a remote archipelago: The Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. In: Keast A., Miller S.E. (eds.): The origin and evolution of Pacific Island biotas, New Guinea to eastern Polynesia: patterns and processes. SPB Academic Publishing, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, p. 91-122.
• Lubin, Y.D. (1984) Changes in the native fauna of the Galápagos Islands following invasion by the little red fire ant, Wasmannia auropunctata. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 21(1-2): 229-242.
• McMullen, C.K. (2011) Pollination of the heterostylos Galápagos native, Cordia lutea (Boraginaceae) Plant Syst Evol (2012) 298:569-579
• Henri W. Herrera Léon BAERT, Wouter DEKONINCK, Charlotte E. CAUSTON, Christian R. SEVILLA, Paola POZO & Frederik HENDRICKX (2020) Distribution and habitat preferences of Galápagos ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Belgian Journal of Entomology 93: 1–60 ISSN: 2295-0214 www.srbe-kbve.be

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