---
title: "Mrówka argentyńska"
description: "Linepithema humile — Owady i pająki. 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/pl/animal/argentine-ant
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Mrówka argentyńska

> Linepithema humile — Owady i pająki. 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` (Owady i pająki)
- Habitats: `urban` (Miasta i ogrody)
- 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

![Mrówka argentyńska](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=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).