List of invasive species in Africa

Invasive species found in Africa include:

Plants

• Acacia species (Australian wattles)
• Argemone mexicana (Mexican poppy)
• Caesalpinia decapetala (Mauritius thorn)
• Cereus jamacaru (Queen of the Night cactus)
• Chromolaena odorata (Triffid weed)
• Eichhornia crassipes (Water hyacinth)
• Eucalyptus spp. (Eucalyptus or gum trees)
• Hakea spp.
• Lantana camara
• Melia azedarach (Persian lilac, chinaberry)
• Myriophyllum aquaticum (Parrot's feather)
• Opuntia spp. (Prickly pear)
• Pereskia aculeata
• Pinus spp. (Pine)
• Prosopis spp. (Mesquite)
• Ricinus communis (Castor oil plant)
• Rubus spp. (Bramble)
• Salvinia molesta (Kariba weed, giant salvinia)
• Solanum mauritianum (Bugweed)

Tunicates

• Ciona intestinalis (sea vase)

Annelids

• Ficopomatus enigmaticus (Australian tubeworm)
• Boccardia proboscidea (shell worm) http://www.invasives.org.za/component/k2/item/712-shell-worm-boccardia-proboscidea

Molluscs

• Aplexa marmorata (marbled tadpole snail) http://www.invasives.org.za/component/k2/item/559-slender-bladder-snail-aplexa-marmorata
• Bradybaena similaris (Asian trampsnail)
• Cochlicella barbara (potbellied helicellid)
• Cornu aspersum (garden snail)
• Deroceras invadens (tramp slug)
• Deroceras laeve (marsh slug)
• Euglandina rosea (rosy wolfsnail) http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/23113
• Limax flavus (yellow slug)
• Milax gagates (greenhouse slug)
• Mytilus galloprovincialis (Mediterranean mussel)
• Pinctada radiata (Gulf pearl oyster) http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/108219
• Pseudosuccinea columella (mimic lymnaea) http://www.invasives.org.za/component/k2/item/565-reticulate-pond-snail-lymnaea-columella
• Semimytilus algosus (Pacific mussel) http://www.invasives.org.za/component/k2/item/913-pacific-mussel-semimytilus-algosus
• Tarebia granifera (quilted melania) http://www.invasives.org.za/component/k2/item/567-quilted-malania-tarebia-granifera
• Theba pisana (white garden snail)
• Zonitoides arboreus (quick gloss)

Crustaceans

• Carcinus maenas (European shore crab)
• Cherax quadricarinatus (redclaw crayfish)
• Limnoria quadripunctata (gribble) http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/109147
• Percnon gibbesi (Sally Lightfoot crab)
• Procambarus clarkii (red swamp crawfish) http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/67878
• Procambarus virginalis (Marbled crayfish)

Arachnids

• Phalangium opilio

Insects

• Aedes albopictus (Asian tiger mosquito) http://www.invasives.org.za/component/k2/item/558-asian-tiger-mosquito-aedes-albopictus
• Aleurodicus dispersus (spiralling whitefly)
• Aleurothrixus floccosus (woolly whitefly) http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/4538
• Aleurotrachelus atratus (palm-infesting whitefly) http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/112108
• Anopheles stephensi https://www.news-medical.net/news/20231012/Invasive-mosquito-species-may-be-spreading-new-form-of-malaria-in-East-Africa.aspx
• Anoplolepis gracilipes (yellow crazy ant) http://www.invasives.org.za/component/k2/item/783-crazy-ant-anoplolepis-gracilipes
• Aphis spiraecola (green citrus aphid) http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/6221
• Aulacaspis yasumatsui (cycad aulacaspis scale) http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/18756
• Bactrocera cucurbitae (melon fly)
• Bactrocera dorsalis (Oriental fruit fly) http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/17685
• Bactrocera invadens (Asian fruit fly)
• Bactrocera zonata (peach fruit fly) http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/17694
• Bemisia tabaci (silverleaf whitefly)
• Cactoblastis cactorum (cactus moth) http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/10680
• Ceratitis capitata (Mediterranean fruit fly) http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/12367
• Ceratitis rosa (Natal fruit fly) http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/12378
• Chionaspis pinifoliae (pine needle scale insect) http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/40120
• Cinara cupressi (cypress aphid) http://www.invasives.org.za/component/k2/item/802-cypress-aphid-cinara-cupressi
• Coptotermes formosanus (Formosan subterranean termite)
• Cosmopolites sordidus (banana root borer) http://www.invasives.org.za/component/k2/item/805-banana-root-borer-cosmopolites-sordidus
• Cryptotermes brevis (West Indian drywood termite)
• Ctenarytaina eucalypti (blue gum psyllid) http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/16747
• Diuraphis noxia (Russian wheat aphid) http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/9887
• Eulachnus rileyi (pine needle aphid) http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/23148
• Euwallacea fornicatus (tea shot hole borer) http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/57163
• Frankliniella occidentalis (western flower thrips) http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/24426
• Harmonia axyridis (Asian lady beetle) http://www.invasives.org.za/component/k2/item/564-harlequin-lady-beetle-harmonia-axyridis
• Hylastes ater (black pine bark beetle)
• Hylurgus ligniperda (red-haired pine bark beetle) http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/27364
• Icerya purchasi (cottony cushion scale) http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/28432
• Linepithema humile (Argentine ant)
• Liriomyza trifolii (American serpentine leafminer)http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/30965
• Maconellicoccus hirsutus (hibiscus mealybug)
• Orthotomicus erosus (Mediterranean pine engraver) http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/37954
• Phenacoccus manihoti (cassava mealybug) http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/40173
• Phenacoccus solenopsis (cotton mealybug) http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/109097
• Pineus pini (pine woolly aphid) http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/41326
• Polistes dominula (European paper wasp http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/42750
• Prostephanus truncatus (larger grain borer)
• Pseudococcus calceolariae (Citrophilus mealybug) http://www.invasives.org.za/component/k2/item/893-citrophilus-mealybug-pseudococcus-calceoriae
• Sirex noctilio (Sirex woodwasp)
• Spodoptera frugiperda (fall armyworm)
• Technomyrmex albipes (white-footed ant)
• Thaumastocoris peregrinus (bronze bug) http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/109741
• Trialeurodes ricini (castor bean whitefly) http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/54659
• Trichomyrmex destructor (destructive trailing ant) http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/34581
• Vespula germanica (European wasp)
• Wasmannia auropunctata (electric ant)
• Xyleborinus saxesenii (fruit-tree pinhole borer) http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/57038
• Xyleborus perforans (island pinhole borer) http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/57169
• Xylosandrus compactus (black twig borer) http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/57234

Fish

• Ctenopharyngodon idella (grass carp) http://www.invasives.org.za/component/k2/item/808-grass-carp-ctenopharyngodon-idella
• Cyprinus carpio (common carp) http://www.invasives.org.za/component/k2/item/446-common-carp-cyprinus-carpiohttps://www.environment.gov.za/sites/default/files/gazetted_notices/nemba10of2004_alienandinvasive_specieslists2016.pdf
• Gambusia affinis (western mosquitofish) http://www.invasives.org.za/component/k2/item/831-mosquitofish-gambusia-affinis
• Gambusia holbrooki (eastern mosquitofish) http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/82089
• Hypophthalmichthys molitrix (silver carp) http://www.invasives.org.za/component/k2/item/593-silver-carp-hypophthalmichthys-molitrix
• Lates niloticus (Nile perch)
• Lepomis macrochirus (bluegill) http://www.invasives.org.za/component/k2/item/369-bluegill-sunfish-lepomis-macrochirus
• Micropterus dolomieu (smallmouth bass) http://www.invasives.org.za/component/k2/item/450-smallmouth-bass-micropterus-dolomieu
• Micropterus floridanus (Florida bass) http://www.invasives.org.za/component/k2/item/748-florida-bass-micropterus-floridanus
• Micropterus punctulatus (spotted bass) http://www.invasives.org.za/component/k2/item/749-spotted-bass-micropterus-punctulatus
• Micropterus salmoides (largemouth bass) http://www.invasives.org.za/component/k2/item/750-largemouth-bass-micropterus-salmoides
• Oreochromis niloticus (Nile tilapia) http://www.invasives.org.za/component/k2/item/754-nile-tilapia-oreochromis-niloticus
• Perca fluviatilis (European perch) http://www.invasives.org.za/component/k2/item/689-perch-perca-fluviatis
• Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus (vermiculated sailfin catfish) http://www.invasives.org.za/component/k2/item/696-vermiculated-sailfin-catfish-pterygoplichthys-disjunctivus
• Salmo salar (Atlantic salmon) http://www.invasives.org.za/component/k2/item/700-atlantic-salmon-salmo-salar
• Tinca tinca (tench) http://www.invasives.org.za/component/k2/item/919-tench-tinca-tinca

Amphibians

• Amietophrynus gutturalis (guttural toad) http://www.invasives.org.za/component/k2/item/731-guttaral-toad-amietophrynus-gutturalis

Reptiles

• Emys orbicularis (European pond turtle) http://www.invasives.org.za/component/k2/item/816-european-pond-turtle-emys-orbicularis
• Gehyra mutilata (stump-tailed gecko) http://www.invasives.org.za/component/k2/item/744-stump-tailed-gecko-gehyra-mutilata
• Hemidactylus frenatus (common house gecko)
• Lepidodactylus lugubris (mourning gecko) http://www.invasives.org.za/component/k2/item/746-mourning-gecko-lepidodactylus-lugubris
• Tarentola mauritanica (Moorish wall gecko) http://www.invasives.org.za/component/k2/item/703-moorish-wall-gecko-tarentola-mauritanica
• Trachemys scripta ssp. elegans (red-eared slider)

Birds

• Acridotheres tristis (common myna)
• Anas platyrhynchos (mallard)
• Columba livia (rock dove)
• Corvus splendens (house crow) http://www.invasives.org.za/component/k2/item/367-house-crow-corvus-splendens
• Fringilla coelebs (common chaffinch) http://www.invasives.org.za/component/k2/item/743-chaffinch-fringilla-coelebs
• Passer domesticus (house sparrow)
• Psittacula krameri (rose-ringed parakeet) http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/45158
• Quelea quelea (red-billed quelea)
• Sturnus vulgaris (common starling) http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/51979
• Tyto alba (western barn owl) http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/55507

Mammals

• Ammotragus lervia (Barbary sheep) http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/94507
• Canis lupus (feral dog)
• Capra aegagrus (wild goat)
• Dama dama (fallow deer)
• Equus africanus (feral donkey)
• Felis silvestris (feral cat)
• Funambulus palmarum (three-striped palm squirrel)
• Hemitragus jemlahicus (Himalayan tahr)
• Herpestes javanicus (small Asian mongoose) http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/80508
• Macaca fascicularis (crab-eating macaque)
• Mus musculus (house mouse)
• Myocastor coypus (coypu) http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/73537
• Oryctolagus cuniculus (European rabbit)
• Ovis orientalis (mouflon) http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/71353
• Rattus norvegicus (brown rat)
• Rattus rattus (black rat)
• Suncus murinus (Asian house shrew) http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/62382
• Sus scrofa (wild boar)

References