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Yellow-footed ant

Nylanderia flavipes (Smith, 1874)

Status not recordedbees wasps and ants

The yellow-footed ant (Nylanderia flavipes) is a species in the family Formicidae, order Hymenoptera.

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

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the yellow-footed ant as introduced in 4 countries, and flagged as invasive in 1 of them.

  1. United Arab Emiratesinvasive
  2. Iran
  3. Mexico
  4. 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 yellow-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 yellow-footed ant classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHymenoptera
  5. familyFormicidae
  6. genusNylanderia
  7. SpeciesNylanderia flavipes (Smith, 1874)

Synonyms Paratrechina flavipes, Tapinoma flavipes

Other names and names in other languages (5)
  • アメイロアリJapanese
  • 스미드개미Korean
  • GeelpootlangsprietmierDutch
  • 黄足尼氏蟻Chinese
  • 스미스개미Korean

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the yellow-footed ant

Other species in the same genus Nylanderia.

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Common questions

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Is the yellow-footed ant an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the yellow-footed ant as invasive in 1 country: United Arab Emirates. It lists it as introduced in 4 in all.

What kind of animal is the yellow-footed ant?

The yellow-footed ant (Nylanderia flavipes) 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). Yellow-footed ant (Nylanderia flavipes). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/yellow-footed-ant

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BibTeX
@misc{yellow_footed_ant_2026,
  title = {Yellow-footed ant (Nylanderia flavipes)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/yellow-footed-ant},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}