Linepithema humile (Mayr)

Type location Argentina (as Hypoclinea humilis, Mayr, 1868b: 164, worker; Forel, 1908c: 395, male; Newall, 1908: 28, queen); all forms described (see Bolton, 1995) .

Mayr's (1868) description is at . Arnold (1915: 145) gave an illustrated translation, this is at .

Southern African findings were listed by Wheeler (1922: 922) under Iridomyrmex humilis; from Lesotho, Maseru, by R M Sloley; and, South Africa, Cape Town, by Bingham, G Arnold & H Brauns.

See The Global Invasive Species Database for more information.

The photomontage is of specimens from Portugal, collected on 8.iv.2008 in heavily degraded scrubland, dominated by Acacia dealbata, Cistus salvifolius and Pistacia lenticularis, foraging on the Acacia. The site is south of Lisbon, approximately 5km inland, at W 9°11'30", N 38°,38',8", collector Markus Eichhorn and students.

Other images can be seen in the folder at - .