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title: "Dark Rover Ant"
description: "Brachymyrmex patagonicus — Insectes et araignées. Brachymyrmex patagonicus, also known as the black rover ant, is a species of Formicine ant native to Mexico, Central America, South America, and invasive in the United States and Europe."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/dark-rover-ant
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Dark Rover Ant

> Brachymyrmex patagonicus — Insectes et araignées. Brachymyrmex patagonicus, also known as the black rover ant, is a species of Formicine ant native to Mexico, Central America, South America, and invasive in the United States and Europe.

- Scientific name: *Brachymyrmex patagonicus*
- Category: `insects` (Insectes et araignées)
- Habitats: `urban` (Villes et jardins)
- iNaturalist observations: 8206
- Wikidata: [Q9663177](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9663177)
- iNaturalist taxon: [356419](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/356419)

## Names

- en: Dark Rover Ant
- nl: Patagonische negenspriet

## Countries with the most observations

US (4372), ES (139), MX (47), CN (16), MO (3)

## Summary

Brachymyrmex patagonicus, also known as the black rover ant, is a species of Formicine ant native to Mexico, Central America, South America, and invasive in the United States and Europe. They were first reported in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana in 1978 from a single colony collected in 1976. It is believed that the species was introduced through New Orleans, which is a common entry point for many tropical species, but other locations such as Mobile, Alabama, or Pensacola, Florida, are also likely. For many years B. patagonicus, B. musculus, and B. obscurior were misidentified as being separate species but after a…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brachymyrmex_patagonicus

## Photo

![Dark Rover Ant](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/dark-rover-ant/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jesse Rorabaugh · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/5127254

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/dark-rover-ant?lang=fr` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).