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Paratrechina longicornis

Minibeast photographs and field observations.

Tropical rainforest vegetation at Singapore Botanic Gardens
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 4.0

Species notes

About Paratrechina longicornis

Paratrechina longicornis (also recorded as Longhorn Crazy Ant) is an accepted species in the family Formicidae, within the order Hymenoptera. Checklist records aggregated by GBIF list it from São Jorge, São Miguel, Galápagos Islands, National Park of American Samoa, Corregimiento de Jigualito, municipio de Condoto, Chocó, Anguilla, Flemish Region, and Belgium. Bees, ants and wasps belong to Hymenoptera, a varied order that includes pollinators, predators, parasitoids and social colony-forming species.

Common name
Longhorn Crazy Ant
Family
Formicidae
Order
Hymenoptera
Identification rank
Species
Recorded distribution
São Jorge, São Miguel, Galápagos Islands, National Park of American Samoa, Corregimiento de Jigualito, municipio de Condoto, Chocó, Anguilla, Flemish Region, Belgium

Taxonomy source: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy