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title: "Red Imported Fire Ant"
description: "Solenopsis invicta — Owady i pająki. Solenopsis invicta, the fire ant, or red imported fire ant (RIFA), is a species of ant native to South America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/red-imported-fire-ant
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Red Imported Fire Ant

> Solenopsis invicta — Owady i pająki. Solenopsis invicta, the fire ant, or red imported fire ant (RIFA), is a species of ant native to South America.

- Scientific name: *Solenopsis invicta*
- Category: `insects` (Owady i pająki)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Łąki i pola), `urban` (Miasta i ogrody)
- iNaturalist observations: 38593
- Wikidata: [Q1194382](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1194382)
- iNaturalist taxon: [67598](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/67598)

## Names

- en: Red Imported Fire Ant
- de: Rote Feuerameise
- es: Hormiga roja argentina de fuego
- fr: Grande fourmi de feu
- pt: Formiga-de-fogo

## Countries with the most observations

US (21648), AU (374), CN (307), MX (201), PR (121), TW (112), HK (79), MO (32), IT (19), BS (16), VN (12), BR (11)

## Summary

Solenopsis invicta, the fire ant, or red imported fire ant (RIFA), is a species of ant native to South America. A member of the genus Solenopsis in the subfamily Myrmicinae, it was described by Swiss entomologist Felix Santschi as a variant of S. saevissima in 1916. Its current specific name invicta was given to the ant in 1972 as a separate species. However, the variant and species were the same ant, and the name was preserved due to its wide use. Though South American in origin, the red imported fire ant has been accidentally introduced in Australia, New Zealand, several Asian and Caribbean countries, Europe and…

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

## Photo

![Red Imported Fire Ant](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/red-imported-fire-ant/medium.jpg)

Photo: Theo Summer · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/106693338

## Machine access

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