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BIFA

Solenopsis richteri Forel, 1909

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The bifa (Solenopsis richteri) is a species in the family Formicidae, order Hymenoptera.

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Quick facts about the bifa

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the bifa live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the bifa as introduced in 2 countries.

  1. Paraguay
  2. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the bifa endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the bifa classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHymenoptera
  5. familyFormicidae
  6. genusSolenopsis
  7. SpeciesSolenopsis richteri Forel, 1909

Synonyms Solenopsis pylades richteri, Solenopsis pylades tricuspis, Solenopsis saevissima oblongiceps, Solenopsis saevissima tricuspis

Other names and names in other languages (7)
  • Black imported fire antEnglish
  • Fourmi de feu noireFrench
  • クロヒアリJapanese
  • Zwarte vuurmierDutch
  • Муравей огненный чёрныйRussian
  • svart eldmyraSwedish
  • fourmi de feu importé noirFrench

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the bifa

Other species in the same genus Solenopsis.

Thief ant

Solenopsis molesta

FormicidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

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Is the bifa an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the bifa as introduced in 2 countries: Paraguay and United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the bifa?

The bifa (Solenopsis richteri) belongs to the family Formicidae in the order Hymenoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). BIFA (Solenopsis richteri). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/bifa

MLA

“BIFA (Solenopsis richteri).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/bifa.

BibTeX
@misc{bifa_2026,
  title = {BIFA (Solenopsis richteri)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/bifa},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}