Paratrechina vividula

The following is a contribution about from James Trager:

Though the types of Paratrechina vividula were collected and described in Europe, this is definitely a North American native. It is so often associated with human habitats, that it's hard to say exactly where on the continent it originated. In the Gulf Coast region, northeast Mexico, and southern states, P. vividula is most likely to be found in native vegetation, typically in moist, grassy sites. It's closest relative is the also unquestionably North American P. terricola from the grassland and scrub areas of the two tiers of states west of the Mississippi south to Texas and northern Mexico. While P. vividula is probably introduced in the agricultural lands of southern Florida, Arizona and California, it is likely native everywhere it occurs in the south-central and the extra-Floridian southeastern US. Outside this region, and especially in Europe where Paratrechina is not represented by any native species, this species is introduced.

James C. Trager, Ph. D.
Shaw Nature Reserve

created: 25 January 2001
updated:Tuesday, April 16, 2002  
Contributors: Trager
Page author: Terry McGlynn