Virology Journal, 2021 Background Advances in sequencing and analysis tools have facilitated discovery of many new viruses from invertebrates, including ants. Solenopsis invicta is an invasive ant that has quickly spread worldwide causing significant ecological and economic ...
César Augusto Diniz Xavier +2 more
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Allometry of workers of the fire ant, Solenopsis invicta [PDF]
Journal of Insect Science, 2003 The relationship between worker body size and the shape of their body parts was explored in the polymorphic ant, Solenopsis invicta. The data consisted of 20 measurements of body parts as well as sums of some of these measurements. Size-free shape variables were created by taking the ratios of relevant measures.
Walter R. Tschinkel +2 more
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Comparative Immature Morphology of Brazilian Fire Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Solenopsis)
Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 2012 Although common in Brazil, the biology of the fire ant Solenopsis saevissima (Smith) is still poorly studied. Larval descriptions are useful to genus-level ant systematics and sometimes to species-level taxonomy.
Eduardo Gonçalves Paterson Fox +5 more
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Chemoreceptor Evolution in Hymenoptera and Its Implications for the Evolution of Eusociality. [PDF]
, 2015 Eusocial insects, mostly Hymenoptera, have evolved unique colonial lifestyles that rely on the perception of social context mainly through pheromones, and chemoreceptors are hypothesized to have played important adaptive roles in the evolution of ...
Berger, Shelley L +5 more
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Red imported fire ant invasion reduces the populations of two banana insect pests in South China
Sociobiology, 2016 As a severe invasive pest, red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta Buren) had important effects on ecosystem of its infected areas. Here, we surveyed impact of S.
Lei Wang +3 more
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Impacts of red imported fire ants Solenopsis invicta on survivorship of hatchlings of the broad-snouted caiman Caiman latirostris [PDF]
, 2013 Background: Oviparous vertebrate species are often vulnerable to predation by red imported fire ants (RIFAs, Solenopsis invicta) in natural environments. The necrotic action of the venom can cause localized infections, with subsequent effects on survival
Larriera, Alejandro +2 more
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Solenopsis invicta virus 3 infection alters foraging behavior in its host Solenopsis invicta
Virology, 2023 Solenopsis invicta is an invasive ant introduced into the United States in the early 1900s. Control efforts and damage caused by this ant exceed $8 billion annually. Solenopsis invicta virus 3 (SINV-3) is a positive-sense, single-stranded RNA virus (Solinviviridae) that is being used as a classical natural control agent for S. invicta. S.
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Positive-Strand RNA Viruses Infecting the Red Imported Fire Ant, Solenopsis invicta
Psyche: 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
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How to fool a virgin: Artificial dealation triggers oviposition in virgin Lasius niger queens [PDF]
, 2006 Once inseminated, ant queens rapidly shed their wings and start to lay eggs. Here we test whether there is a causal link between dealation and oviposition in the ant Lasius niger. We show that artificially dealated virgin queens start to lay eggs shortly
Graff, J., Jemielity, S., Keller, L.
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Prospecting for viral natural enemies of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta in Argentina.
PLoS ONE, 2018 Metagenomics and next generation sequencing were employed to discover new virus natural enemies of the fire ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren in its native range (i.e., Formosa, Argentina) with the ultimate goal of testing and releasing new viral pathogens ...
Steven M Valles +2 more
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