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Synopsis of taxonomic history (for full description see
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<bibRefCitationid="C603E09C900B9B04C0495850D014A0A3"author="Motschoulsky, V. de"firstAuthor="Motschoulsky"page="13"pagination="1 - 153"refId="ref10933"refString="Motschoulsky, V. de. (1863) Essai d ' un catalogue des insectes de l ' ˆı le Ceylan (suite). Bulletin de la Socie ' te ' Impe ' riale des Naturalistes de Moscou, 36, 1 - 153."type="journal article"year="1863">Motschoulsky 1863: 13</bibRefCitation>
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; revived as genus,
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<paragraphid="9457A0BE57E34B4E6835F28A9E5D287E"pageNumber="127">Diagnosis. Mandible with 5 teeth; maxillary palps 6- segmented; labial palps 4-segmented; erect setae on dorsum of head randomly placed; scapes lacking erect hairs; abundant erect setae on legs and dorsum of mesosoma. Eyes well developed and convex, surpassing outline of head in full frontal view, placed midlength and laterally on head. Dorsal mesosomal setae arranged loosely in pairs; propodeum lacking erect setae; propodeum with a low-domed dorsal face; overall mesosoma shape long and slender.</paragraph>
is a well-known invasive species that now has a pantropical distribution. It has also become established in more temperate localities by living in buildings and other man-made structures. Greenhouses in North America are sometimes infested with
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Pa. longicornis (
<bibRefCitationid="63F5A34B54A996DD5A5C8E4580BE0747"author="Wetterer, J. K. & Miller, S. E. & Wheeler, D. E."etAl="et al."firstAuthor="Wetterer"pagination="381 - 388"refId="ref11480"refString="Wetterer, J. K., Miller, S. E., Wheeler, D. E. et al. (1999) Ecological dominance by Paratrechina longicornis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), an invasive tramp ant, in Biosphere 2. Florida Entomologist, 82, 381 - 388."type="journal article"year="1999">Wetterer et al., 1999</bibRefCitation>
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). Our results here confirm that it is in fact a separate, distinct lineage from other
This is a notoriously invasive species that has spread worldwide around the tropics and subtropics. It is interesting to note that our analysis places it within a clade containing
is highly invasive and that the distribution reported here represents both natural and introduced populations, and that many northern records represent occurrences restricted to indoor sites.
currently contains the subspecies Pa. l. hagemanni (
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), described from worker(s) collected at Boma, Democratic Republic of Congo.
<bibRefCitationid="C9F32687ACD8B0567EC6193506A4D61B"author="Wheeler, W. M."firstAuthor="Wheeler"pagination="711 - 1004"refId="ref11606"refString="Wheeler, W. M. (1922) Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 45, 711 - 1004."type="journal article"year="1922">Wheeler (1922)</bibRefCitation>
(again without comment). In his original description,
<bibRefCitationid="89193E7AC11D0A06910788F11ACCBE61"author="Forel, A."firstAuthor="Forel"pagination="43 - 82"refId="ref10471"refString="Forel, A. (1901) Formiciden des Naturhistorischen Museums zu Hamburg. Neue Calyptomyrmex, Dacryon, Podomyrma und Echinopla Arten. Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum in Hamburg, 18, 43 - 82."type="journal article"year="1901">Forel (1901)</bibRefCitation>
