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White-footed ant

Technomyrmex difficilis Forel, 1892

Status not recordedbees wasps and ants

The white-footed ant (Technomyrmex difficilis) is a species in the family Formicidae, order Hymenoptera.

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Quick facts about the white-footed 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 white-footed ant live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the white-footed ant as introduced in 3 countries.

  1. Mauritius
  2. United States
  3. Vietnam

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 white-footed 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 white-footed ant classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHymenoptera
  5. familyFormicidae
  6. genusTechnomyrmex
  7. SpeciesTechnomyrmex difficilis Forel, 1892

Synonyms Technomyrmex mayri, Technomyrmex mayri difficilis, Technomyrmex mayri nitidulans, Technomyrmex mayri prol. difficilis

Other names and names in other languages (3)
  • Difficult white-footed antEnglish
  • veksthusmaurNorwegian Bokmål
  • växthusmyraSwedish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the white-footed ant

Other species in the same genus Technomyrmex.

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Common questions

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Is the white-footed ant an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the white-footed ant as introduced in 3 countries: Mauritius, United States and Vietnam, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the white-footed ant?

The white-footed ant (Technomyrmex difficilis) belongs to the family Formicidae in the order Hymenoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

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BibTeX
@misc{technomyrmex_difficilis_2026,
  title = {White-footed ant (Technomyrmex difficilis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/technomyrmex-difficilis},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}