EPPO Global Database

Brachyponera chinensis(PCHDCH)

Overview
Code created in: 2012-11-29

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: PCHDCH
  • Preferred name: Brachyponera chinensis
  • Authority: (Emery)

Notes

An east Asian species introduced into, and invasive in, USA since 1930s. 

First recorded in Europe in Italy in 2020 and In Germany in 2025.


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Pachycondyla chinensis (Emery)

Common names
Name Language
Asian needle ant English
Asiatische Nadelameise German
Aziatische staafmier Dutch