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Wooly ant

Tetramorium lanuginosum Mayr, 1870

Status not recordedbees wasps and ants

The wooly ant (Tetramorium lanuginosum) is a species in the family Formicidae, order Hymenoptera.

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Quick facts about the wooly ant

Weight
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Length
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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 wooly ant live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the wooly ant as introduced in 25 countries.

  1. Algeria
  2. Antigua & Barbuda
  3. Australia
  4. Bahrain
  5. Barbados
  6. Cuba
  7. Cyprus
  8. Ecuador
  9. French Guiana
  10. India
  11. Israel
  12. Marshall Islands
  13. Mauritius
  14. Mayotte
  15. Montserrat
  16. Morocco
  17. Saudi Arabia
  18. Solomon Islands
  19. Spain
  20. St. Vincent & Grenadines
  21. Tokelau
  22. Tonga
  23. Trinidad & Tobago
  24. United States
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  1. Yemen

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 wooly 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 wooly ant classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHymenoptera
  5. familyFormicidae
  6. genusTetramorium
  7. SpeciesTetramorium lanuginosum Mayr, 1870

Synonyms Tetramorium ceramensis, Tetramorium mauricei, Tetramorium obesum striatidens, Tetramorium orissana, Tetramorium striatidens, Tetramorium striatidens australis, Tetramorium striatidens felix, Tetramorium striatidens flavescens, Tetramorium striatidens laevidens, Tetramorium tricolor, Triglyphothrix ceramensis, Triglyphothrix mauricei, Triglyphothrix striatidens, Triglyphothrix striatidens australis, Triglyphothrix striatidens felix, Triglyphothrix striatidens flavescens, Triglyphothrix striatidens laevidens, Triglyphothrix striatidens orissana, Triglyphothrix striatidens var. australis, Triglyphothrix striatidens var. felix, Triglyphothrix striatidens var. flavescens, Triglyphothrix striatidens var. laevidens, Triglyphothrix tricolor

Other names and names in other languages (9)
  • Downy pennant antEnglish
  • نمل صوفيArabic
  • כתפית מגובששתHebrew
  • イカリゲシワアリJapanese
  • Wollige zaadmierDutch
  • มดริ้วชวาThai
  • 絨毛皺家蟻Chinese
  • Behaarde zaadmierDutch
  • 絨毛鋪道蟻Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the wooly ant

Other species in the same genus Tetramorium.

Turf ant

Tetramorium caespitum

FormicidaeNo free photo yet

Penny ant

Tetramorium bicarinatum

FormicidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the wooly ant an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the wooly ant as introduced in 25 countries, including Algeria, Antigua & Barbuda, Australia, Bahrain and Barbados, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the wooly ant?

The wooly ant (Tetramorium lanuginosum) belongs to the family Formicidae in the order Hymenoptera.

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APA

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BibTeX
@misc{wooly_ant_2026,
  title = {Wooly ant (Tetramorium lanuginosum)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/wooly-ant},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}