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title: "Argentine Ant"
description: "Linepithema humile — Insecten en spinnen. The Argentine ant (Linepithema humile, formerly Iridomyrmex humilis) is an ant native to northern Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia and southern Brazil."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/argentine-ant
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Argentine Ant

> Linepithema humile — Insecten en spinnen. The Argentine ant (Linepithema humile, formerly Iridomyrmex humilis) is an ant native to northern Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia and southern Brazil.

- Scientific name: *Linepithema humile*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: `urban` (Steden en tuinen)
- iNaturalist observations: 22658
- Wikidata: [Q645538](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q645538)
- iNaturalist taxon: [68165](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/68165)

## Names

- en: Argentine Ant
- de: Argentinische Ameise
- es: Hormiga sudamericana
- fr: Fourmi d'Argentine
- pt: Formiga-argentina
- pl: Mrówka argentyńska

## Countries with the most observations

US (11899), ES (867), MX (592), CL (517), PT (412), AU (339), ZA (296), EC (200), IT (179), NZ (135), AR (134), FR (124)

## Summary

The Argentine ant (Linepithema humile, formerly Iridomyrmex humilis) is an ant native to northern Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia and southern Brazil. This invasive species was inadvertently introduced by humans on a global scale and has become established in many Mediterranean climate areas, including South Africa, New Zealand, Japan, Easter Island, Australia, the Azores, Europe, Hawaii, and the continental United States. Argentine ants are significant pests within agricultural and urban settings, and are documented to cause substantial harm to communities of native arthropods, vertebrates, and plants within…

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

## Photo

![Argentine Ant](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/argentine-ant/medium.jpg)

Photo: kbkash · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/108633460

## Machine access

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