Paving Behavior in Ants and Its Potential Application in Monitoring Two Urban Pest Ants, Solenopsis invicta and Tapinoma melanocephalum [PDF]
Insects, 2023 Our previous study discovered that two urban pest ants, red imported fire ants, Solenopsis invicta Buren (Formicidae: Myrmicinae), and ghost ants, Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius) (Formicidae: Dolichoderinae), can pave viscose surfaces with particles ...
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Prevalence and Genetic Diversity of a Microsporidian Parasite in the Black Imported Fire Ant and Its Social Parasitic Ant (Formicidae: Myrmicinae: Solenopsis) in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. [PDF]
Insects, 2023 Simple Summary The Black Imported Fire Ant, Solenopsis richteri, was accidentally introduced to the southern U.S. in the 1930s from South America. Long-term, sustained suppression approaches through biological control are needed to control growing ...
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The First Fossil Record of the Genus Manica Jurine, 1807 from Late Eocene Baltic Amber and Discussion of the Early Evolution of Myrmicini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). [PDF]
Insects, 2022 Simple Summary In this study, a new fossil ant species from the Baltic amber, †Manica andrannae Zharkov and Dubovikoff, sp. n., is described based on the worker.
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Assessing ploidy levels and karyotype structure of the fire ant Solenopsissaevissima Smith, 1855 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae). [PDF]
Comp Cytogenet, 2023 Abstract The family Formicidae is composed of ants that organize themselves into castes in which every individual has a joint organizational function. Solenopsis Westwood, 1840 is an ant genus with opportunistic and aggressive characteristics, known for
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Comparing Ant Assemblages and Functional Groups across Urban Habitats and Seasons in an East Asia Monsoon Climate Area [PDF]
Animals, 2022 China’s East Asia monsoon zone is undergoing rapid land-use conversion and urbanization. Safeguarding remaining biodiversity requires reducing, mitigating, and/or eliminating the negative impacts of human-induced landscape modification. In this study, we
Xin-Yu Luo +3 more
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Characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome of a harvesting ant Messor structor (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). [PDF]
Mitochondrial DNA B Resour, 2022 Messor structor (Latreille, 1798) is a keystone ant species in the genus Messor (Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Here, we reported the complete mitochondrial genome of M. structor. The circular mitogenome of M.
Zhang XM, Han X, Liu X, Xu ZH.
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Nepalese journal of zoology, 2022 Six ant species from the subfamily Myrmicinae are recorded as new to Nepal, namely Myrmica rhytida Radchenko & Elmes, 1999, Myrmicaria brunnea Saunders, 1842, Pheidole nodus Smith 1874, Strumigenys godeffroyi Mayr, 1866, S.
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A Remarkable New Dimorphic Species of Solenopsis from Argentina [PDF]
Sociobiology, 2015 Solenopsis Westwood (Myrmicinae: Solenopsidini) is an ant genus that represents a taxonomical challenge including about 117 species in the New World, most of them Neotropical.
Fabiana del Carmen Cuezzo +1 more
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bioRxivAnts are a globally distributed and highly diverse group of eusocial animals, playing key ecological roles in most of the world’s terrestrial ecosystems.
Matthew Prebus, Christian Rabeling
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PLoS ONE, 2021 Leaf-cutting ants of the genera Atta and Acromyrmex are at constant risk of epizootics due to their dense living conditions and frequent social interactions between genetically related individuals.
Sandra Milena Valencia‐Giraldo +5 more
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