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Clonal Raider ant

Ooceraea biroi (Forel, 1907)

Status not recordedbees wasps and ants

The clonal raider ant (Ooceraea biroi) is a species in the family Formicidae, order Hymenoptera.

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Quick facts about the clonal raider ant

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 clonal raider ant live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the clonal raider ant as introduced in 3 countries.

  1. Marshall Islands
  2. Mauritius
  3. Mayotte

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 clonal raider ant 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 clonal raider ant classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHymenoptera
  5. familyFormicidae
  6. genusOoceraea
  7. SpeciesOoceraea biroi (Forel, 1907)

Synonyms Cerapachys biroi, Cerapachys ierensis, Cerapachys seini, Cerapachys silvestrii, Cerapachys sinensis, Ooceraea ierensis, Ooceraea seini, Ooceraea silvestrii, Ooceraea sinensis

Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • クビレハリアリJapanese
  • 畢氏卵角蟻Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the clonal raider ant

Other species in the same genus Ooceraea.

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Common questions

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Is the clonal raider ant an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the clonal raider ant as introduced in 3 countries: Marshall Islands, Mauritius and Mayotte, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the clonal raider ant?

The clonal raider ant (Ooceraea biroi) 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

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BibTeX
@misc{clonal_raider_ant_2026,
  title = {Clonal Raider ant (Ooceraea biroi)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/clonal-raider-ant},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}