Anoplolepis (Anoplolepis) gracilipes (F Smith)

Type locality Singapore (Formica longipes, Jerdon, 1851: 122, worker, type location India; replacement name Formica gracilipes, F Smith, 1857a: 55, worker, from Singapore; gracilipes as junior synonym of longipes, Emery 1887a: 247; Mayr, 1867a: 73, queen; in Anoplolepis Emery, 1925b: 17; replacement name designated (?) by Bolton, 1995: 67) .

Jerdon's (1851) description (as Formica longipes) is at . Smith's (1857a) description (as Formica gracilipes) is at . Mayr's (1867a) fuller description (as Plagiolepis gracilipes) is at .

A pan-tropical and often very troublesome tramp species. Wheeler, 1922: 933, lists it from Zanzibar, Tanzania, citing Mayr (1895: 149), collector Dr Brauns, noting it as "P. longipes Jerd. (gracilipes SM.)"; it seems also to be listed by Santschi (1914b, unavailable), possibly collected by Stuhlmann. Mayr (1862: 698) reported gracilipes from Hong Kong. Curiously, as it is the sole Anoplolepis described from outside Africa, there seems to be no reports from mainland Africa.

Further information and excellent images can be found at http://ant.edb.miyakyo-u.ac.jp/E/Taxo/F80301.html, from where the montage (right) has been compiled.