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Does mutualism drive the invasion of two alien species? The case of Solenopsis invicta and Phenacoccus solenopsis.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2012
Although mutualism between ants and honeydew-producing hemipterans has been extensively recognized in ecosystem biology, however few attempts to test the hypothesis that mutualism between two alien species leads to the facilitation of the invasion ...
Aiming Zhou   +4 more
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Positive-Strand RNA Viruses Infecting the Red Imported Fire Ant, Solenopsis invicta [PDF]

open access: yesPsyche: A Journal of Entomology, 2012
The imported fire ants, Solenopsis invicta and S. richteri were introduced into the USA between 1918 and 1945. Since that time, they have expanded their USA range to include some 138 million hectares.
Steven M. Valles
doaj   +2 more sources

Predação de ovos de Corythomantis greeningi Boulenger, 1896 (Anura, Hylidae) por Solenopsis invicta Buren, 1972 (Formicidae: Myrmicinae) [PDF]

open access: yesBiotemas, 2010
O presente trabalho vem documentar através de um evento ocasional a predação de ovos da rã Corythomantis greeningi por formigas da espécie Solenopsis invicta em borda de córrego temporária em 29 de março de 2009, na localidade Olho d’Água, município de ...
Ednilza Maranhao dos Santos   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Red Imported Fire Ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae)

open access: yesEDIS, 2002
This document is EENY-195, one of a series of Featured Creatures from the Entomology and Nematology Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Published: January 2001.
Laura Collins, Rudolph H. Scheffrahn
doaj   +2 more sources

Predation of eggs of Corythomantis greeningi Boulenger, 1896 (Anura, Hylidae) by Solenopsis invicta Buren (Formicidae: Myrmidinae) [PDF]

open access: yesBiotemas, 2010
This work is documented through an occasional event of predation of eggs of the frog Corythomantis greeningi by ants of the species Solenopsis invicta at the edge of a temporary brook on 29 March 2009, in the town of Olho d’Água, municipality of Santa ...
Geane Limeira da Silva   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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

open access: yesInsects, 2023
Microsporidia are natural pathogens of arthropods and have been used as biological control against insect pests. In the United States, efforts to control the invasive Red Imported Fire Ant, Solenopsis invicta, and Black Imported Fire Ant, Solenopsis ...
Marina S. Ascunce   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Red Imported Fire Ants and Their Impacts on Wildlife

open access: yesEDIS, 2006
Two species of fire ant are found in Florida, the notorious red imported fire ant (RIFA; Solenopsis invicta; Figure 1) and the less common native fire ant (Solenopsis geminata).
Emma Willcox, William M. Giuliano
doaj   +5 more sources

Exotic spread of Solenopsis invicta Buren (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) beyond North America

open access: yesSociobiology, 2013
The South America fire ant Solenopsis invicta Buren arrived in Mobile, Alabama by ship sometime before 1945. Since then, S. invicta has spread in North America across the southern US and northeastern Mexico.
James Kelly Wetterer
doaj   +3 more sources

Prediction of Potential Distribution of Red Imported Fire Ant in China Using the MaxEnt Model [PDF]

open access: yesBIO Web of Conferences
Solenopsis invicta Buren is a highly invasive and aggressive species. Since its invasion into China, it has rapidly spread to many regions, seriously threatening the local ecological balance and posing a huge threat to human life safety and agricultural ...
Wen Siyuan
doaj   +1 more source

Data from: Solenopsis invicta virus 3 infection alters worker foraging behavior in its host, Solenopsis invicta

open access: yes, 2023
Data collected to compare the foraging/food consumption and impacts of Solenopsis invicta virus 3 on fire ant colonies, Solenopsis invicta. Ant colonies infected with Solenopsis invicta virus 3 were compared with uninfected (control) colonies.
Steven Valles (17362540)
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