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<emphasis id="B931EA923E62FFF854C535F9FD8AFDCF" bold="true" box="[247,560,492,519]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Paratrechina longicornis</emphasis>
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Longhorn Crazy Ant (
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(ANTWEB: CASENT0173232). (
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is a tramp species spread by human activities in tropical, subtropical and temperate areas around the world (
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, 1972
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;
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;
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, 2015). Distributed over 16 islands and islets it was collected for the first time in
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on Floreana Island between 19051906 (
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, 1919). It nests between leaf litter, dead trunks and under stones. It is common in mangroves (
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<emphasis id="B931EA923E62FFF8569036FAFCA1FCC0" box="[674,795,750,776]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">R. mangle</emphasis>
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,
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,
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) and is a scavenger and opportunistic diurnal species also invading natural areas (
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, 1994
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).
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is very well adapted to all vegetation zones in
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. An entomological survey carried out in 1991 on Española Island showed that
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was abundant in dry areas (with
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A. St.Hil,
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<emphasis id="B931EA923E62FFF856A1376EFC0AFC5D" box="[659,944,891,917]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Physalis galapagoensis</emphasis>
Waterf.
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,
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<emphasis id="B931EA923E62FFF850173769FB76FC5D" box="[1061,1228,891,917]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">B. graveolens</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="B931EA923E62FFF850EE3769FAD8FC5D" box="[1244,1378,891,917]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">P. juliflora</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="B931EA923E62FFF854C5378AFEE3FC70" box="[247,345,926,953]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">C. lutea</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="B931EA923E62FFF85559378AFE63FC70" box="[363,473,926,952]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">I. triloba</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="B931EA923E62FFF855D9378AFD41FC70" box="[491,763,927,952]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Pennisetum pauperum</emphasis>
Nees ex Steud.
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,
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<emphasis id="B931EA923E62FFF857E2378BFB1EFC70" box="[976,1188,926,952]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Mentzelia aspera</emphasis>
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L.,
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<emphasis id="B931EA923E62FFF850EB378BFE30FC13" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Desmodium procumbens</emphasis>
(Mill.) Hitchc.
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,
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,
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<emphasis id="B931EA923E62FFF8575137D4FB75FC13" box="[867,1231,961,987]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Alternanthera echinocephala</emphasis>
(Hook. f.) Christoph.
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,
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,
<taxonomicName id="4C454D033E62FFF8567137F0FCB4FC36" ID-CoL="99PMN" box="[579,782,996,1022]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Verbenaceae" genus="Lantana" kingdom="Plantae" order="Lamiales" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="peduncularis">
<emphasis id="B931EA923E62FFF8567137F0FCB4FC36" box="[579,782,996,1022]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">L. peduncularis</emphasis>
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,
<taxonomicName id="4C454D033E62FFF8571937F0FC79FC36" ID-CoL="4DN6J" box="[811,963,996,1022]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Parkinsonia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="aculeata">
<emphasis id="B931EA923E62FFF8571937F0FC79FC36" box="[811,963,996,1022]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">P. aculeata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C454D033E62FFF857D237F0FBDEFC36" ID-CoL="4W35N" box="[992,1124,997,1023]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Rhamnaceae" genus="Scutia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Rosales" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="spicata">
<emphasis id="B931EA923E62FFF857D237F0FBDEFC36" box="[992,1124,997,1023]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">S. spicata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C454D033E62FFF850B337F0FA92FC36" ID-CoL="3YJ2J" box="[1153,1320,997,1022]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Celastraceae" genus="Maytenus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Celastrales" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="octogona">
<emphasis id="B931EA923E62FFF850B337F0FA92FC36" box="[1153,1320,997,1022]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">M. octogona</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C454D033E62FFF854C5301DFE0CFBE9" ID-CoL="7W5W6" box="[247,438,1032,1058]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Cactaceae" genus="Opuntia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="megasperma">
<emphasis id="B931EA923E62FFF854C5301DFE0CFBE9" box="[247,438,1032,1058]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">O. megasperma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
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Map 13. Distribution of
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<emphasis id="B931EA923E62FFF855DE3360FD50F842" box="[492,746,1909,1930]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Paratrechina longicornis</emphasis>
(Latreille, 1802)
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.
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17
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<emphasis id="B931EA923E63FFF954C534AFFD96FF1C" box="[247,556,186,212]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Paratrechina longicornis</emphasis>
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has been recorded visiting flowers of
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<emphasis id="B931EA923E63FFF9502B34AFFB13FF1C" box="[1049,1193,186,212]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">G. darwinii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C454D033E63FFF9508F34AFFAD8FF1C" ID-CoL="K35N" box="[1213,1378,186,212]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Acanthaceae" genus="Avicennia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Lamiales" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="germinans">
<emphasis id="B931EA923E63FFF9508F34AFFAD8FF1C" box="[1213,1378,186,212]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">A. germinans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C454D033E63FFF954C534C8FEE7FF3F" ID-CoL="W3Z6" box="[247,349,221,247]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Lamiaceae" genus="Clerodendrum" kingdom="Plantae" order="Lamiales" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="molle">
<emphasis id="B931EA923E63FFF954C534C8FEE7FF3F" box="[247,349,221,247]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">C. molle</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C454D033E63FFF9555C34C8FE6AFF3F" ID-CoL="YBJC" box="[366,464,221,247]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Cordiaceae" genus="Cordia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Boraginales" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="lutea">
<emphasis id="B931EA923E63FFF9555C34C8FE6AFF3F" box="[366,464,221,247]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">C. lutea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and extrafloral nectaries of giant endemic cacti
<taxonomicName id="4C454D033E63FFF9501E34C8FB25FF3F" ID-CoL="7W5VV" box="[1068,1183,221,247]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Cactaceae" genus="Opuntia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="echios">
<emphasis id="B931EA923E63FFF9501E34C8FB25FF3F" box="[1068,1183,221,247]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">O. echios</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C454D033E63FFF950EC34CBFAD3FF3F" ID-CoL="6NCZP" baseAuthorityName="MEIER" baseAuthorityYear="1994" box="[1246,1385,221,247]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Cactaceae" genus="Jasminocereus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="thouarsii">
<emphasis id="B931EA923E63FFF950EC34CBFAD3FF3F" box="[1246,1385,221,247]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">J. thouarsii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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,
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;
<bibRefCitation id="EFD44B713E63FFF956083514FD62FED2" author="MEIER R." box="[570,728,256,283]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" pagination="74 - 180" refId="ref24043" refString="MEIER R., 1994. - Coexisting patterns and foraging behavior of introduced and native ants (Hymenoptera Formicidae) in the Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). In: WILLIAMS D. F. (ed.). - Exotic ants: biology, impact and control of introduced species. Westview Press, Boulder, 74 - 180." type="book chapter" year="1994">
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;
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). It was collected on plants of
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<emphasis id="B931EA923E63FFF954C53531FE3BFEF5" box="[247,385,291,318]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">G. darwinii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C454D033E63FFF955BD3531FD9DFEF5" ID-CoL="3YJ2J" box="[399,551,292,317]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Celastraceae" genus="Maytenus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Celastrales" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="octogona">
<emphasis id="B931EA923E63FFF955BD3531FD9DFEF5" box="[399,551,292,317]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">M. octogona</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C454D033E63FFF956073531FD49FEF5" ID-CoL="7W5W6" box="[565,755,292,318]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Cactaceae" genus="Opuntia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="megasperma">
<emphasis id="B931EA923E63FFF956073531FD49FEF5" box="[565,755,292,318]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">O. megasperma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C454D033E63FFF957333531FB9EFEF5" ID-CoL="5V52F" authority="Mill." authorityName="Mill." box="[769,1060,291,318]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Annonaceae" genus="Annona" kingdom="Plantae" order="Magnoliales" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="cherimola">
<emphasis id="B931EA923E63FFF957333531FC65FEF5" box="[769,991,291,318]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Annona cherimola</emphasis>
Mill.
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C454D033E63FFF950023531FB70FEF5" ID-CoL="4T27V" box="[1072,1226,292,317]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Euphorbiaceae" genus="Ricinus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Malpighiales" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="communis">
<emphasis id="B931EA923E63FFF950023531FB70FEF5" box="[1072,1226,292,317]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">R. communis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C454D033E63FFF951313531FADBFEF5" ID-CoL="YBJC" box="[1283,1377,291,318]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Cordiaceae" genus="Cordia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Boraginales" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="lutea">
<emphasis id="B931EA923E63FFF951313531FADBFEF5" box="[1283,1377,291,318]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">C. lutea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. It has been reported feeding on honeydew from
<taxonomicName id="4C454D033E63FFF9577E3552FC6AFEA8" ID-CoL="3P8SH" baseAuthorityName="Maskell" baseAuthorityYear="1878" box="[844,976,326,352]" class="Insecta" family="Margarodidae" genus="Icerya" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="purchasi">
<emphasis id="B931EA923E63FFF9577E3552FC6AFEA8" box="[844,976,326,352]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">I. purchasi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C454D033E63FFF9503D3553FB62FEA9" box="[1039,1240,326,353]" class="Insecta" family="Coccidae" genus="Ceroplastes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="undetermined">
<emphasis id="B931EA923E63FFF9503D3553FB25FEA8" box="[1039,1183,326,352]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Ceroplastes</emphasis>
spp.
</taxonomicName>
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mentions a possible case of mutualism with
<taxonomicName id="4C454D033E63FFF957B2357FFAF6FE4C" authority="Wollaston, 1854" authorityName="Wollaston" authorityYear="1854" box="[896,1356,361,388]" genus="Coluocera" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" rank="species" species="maderae">
<emphasis id="B931EA923E63FFF957B2357FFBC9FE4C" box="[896,1139,362,388]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Coluocera maderae</emphasis>
Wollaston, 1854
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, a beetle also recorded from Galapágos (
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,
<bibRefCitation id="EFD44B713E63FFF9576B3599FC20FE6F" author="PECK S. B." box="[857,922,396,423]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" refId="ref24652" refString="PECK S. B., 2005. - The Beetles of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador: Evolution, Ecology, and Diversity (Insecta: Coleoptera). NRC research Press, Ottawa, Canada, 313 pp." type="book" year="2005">2005</bibRefCitation>
).
<taxonomicName id="4C454D033E63FFF9579F3598FB64FE6F" ID-CoL="4DGDP" baseAuthorityName="Latreille" baseAuthorityYear="1802" box="[941,1246,397,423]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Paratrechina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="longicornis">
<emphasis id="B931EA923E63FFF9579F3598FB64FE6F" box="[941,1246,397,423]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Paratrechina longicornis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is common in urban zones, inhabits flowerpots, buildings and streets. In gardens it can be found in plants of
<taxonomicName id="4C454D033E63FFF9552B35C6FE1BFE25" ID-CoL="WP6H" box="[281,417,467,493]" class="Liliopsida" family="Arecaceae" genus="Cocos" kingdom="Plantae" order="Arecales" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="nucifera">
<emphasis id="B931EA923E63FFF9552B35C6FE1BFE25" box="[281,417,467,493]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">C. nucifera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C454D033E63FFF9558335C6FD95FE25" ID-CoL="RCZK" box="[433,559,467,493]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Caricaceae" genus="Carica" kingdom="Plantae" order="Brassicales" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="papaya">
<emphasis id="B931EA923E63FFF9558335C6FD95FE25" box="[433,559,467,493]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">C. papaya</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C454D033E63FFF9560C35C6FCA8FE25" ID-CoL="5V4C6" box="[574,786,467,493]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Annonaceae" genus="Annona" kingdom="Plantae" order="Magnoliales" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="muricata">
<emphasis id="B931EA923E63FFF9560C35C6FCA8FE25" box="[574,786,467,493]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Annona muricata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
L. and grass. It is present in agricultural areas of the inhabited islands of Floreana, Isabela,
<collectingCountry id="F35276103E63FFF9573035E3FC1DFDD8" box="[770,935,502,528]" name="Saint Kitts and Nevis" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">San Cristóbal</collectingCountry>
and Santa Cruz where it is reported from crops of
<taxonomicName id="4C454D033E63FFF95591360FFD9DFDFB" ID-CoL="778SQ" box="[419,551,537,563]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Phaseolus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="vulgaris">
<emphasis id="B931EA923E63FFF95591360FFD9DFDFB" box="[419,551,537,563]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">P. vulgaris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C454D033E63FFF95604360FFD6AFDFB" ID-CoL="3XV44" box="[566,720,537,563]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Euphorbiaceae" genus="Manihot" kingdom="Plantae" order="Malpighiales" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="esculenta">
<emphasis id="B931EA923E63FFF95604360FFD6AFDFB" box="[566,720,537,563]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">M. esculenta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C454D033E63FFF95738360FFC37FDFB" box="[778,909,538,564]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Cucurbitaceae" genus="Citrullus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Cucurbitales" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="sinensis">
<emphasis id="B931EA923E63FFF95738360FFC37FDFB" box="[778,909,538,564]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">C. sinensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFA36803E63FFF954C5365CFC38FCFD" blockId="17.[247,1385,585,822]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">
<taxonomicName id="4C454D033E63FFF954C5365CFD91FDAB" ID-CoL="4DGDP" baseAuthorityName="Latreille" baseAuthorityYear="1802" box="[247,555,585,611]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Paratrechina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="longicornis">
<emphasis id="B931EA923E63FFF954C5365CFD91FDAB" box="[247,555,585,611]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Paratrechina longicornis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is invasive in many parts of the world (
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) and has probably been introduced several times to the islands. In
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it is considered an invasive ant with a high potential to disperse and colonize new natural areas (
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). It is common in ports and airports and has been intercepted in commercial aircraft during quarantine inspections of products from mainland
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(in
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in Baltra. The species was also found in cargo and on tourist ships (
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), that probably facilitate its spread to and within
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