First records of the non-native ants Monomorium carbonarium (Smith, 1858) and Cardiocondyla mauritanica Forel, 1890 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Madrid, Spain, with an update of Linepithema humile (Mayr, 1868) presence in the city
Diego López-Collar, Pietro Agostini, Francisco J Cabrero-Sañudo
DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC))
Urban Farm DB summary
This study reports the first records of two non-native ant species, Monomorium carbonarium (1858) and Cardiocondyla mauritanica (1890), within the urban area of Madrid, Spain, along with updated occurrence records for the Argentine ant (Linepithema humile). These detections are mostly associated with irrigated green spaces—public parks, private gardens, urban orchards, and landscaped medians—and confirm that Mo. carbonarium and C. mauritanica are established in the city, extending their known Iberian distributions beyond coastal areas into the interior, while new Li. humile records point to its persistent, patchy distribution across Madrid.