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Myrmica kotokui

Status not recordedbees wasps and ants

Myrmica kotokui is a species in the family Formicidae, order Hymenoptera.

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Quick facts about Myrmica kotokui

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 Myrmica kotokui live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Myrmica kotokui as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Japan

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 Myrmica kotokui 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 Myrmica kotokui classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHymenoptera
  5. familyFormicidae
  6. genusMyrmica
  7. SpeciesMyrmica kotokui Forel, 1911

Synonyms Myrmica orientalis, Myrmica rubra kotokui, Myrmica ruginodis orientalis

Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • シワクシケアリJapanese
  • 코토쿠뿔개미Korean

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Myrmica kotokui

Other species in the same genus Myrmica.

Red ant

Myrmica rubra

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Bright ant

Myrmica lampra

FormicidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is Myrmica kotokui an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Myrmica kotokui as introduced in 1 country: Japan, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is Myrmica kotokui?

Myrmica kotokui (Myrmica kotokui) 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). Myrmica kotokui (Myrmica kotokui). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/myrmica-kotokui

MLA

“Myrmica kotokui (Myrmica kotokui).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/myrmica-kotokui.

BibTeX
@misc{myrmica_kotokui_2026,
  title = {Myrmica kotokui (Myrmica kotokui)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/myrmica-kotokui},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}