Unexpected high overwintering survival rate of the cavity-dwelling ant <i>Temnothorax crassispinus</i> (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Survival of the Red Imported Fire Ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) on the Texas High Plains

Environ. Entomol. 21(5): W-Y68 (1992) ABSTRACT An isolated population of the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invictu Buren, was discovered in Lubbock, TX, during August 1985. This find represented the northwesternmost known population in North America, and it had survived since at least 1983. Preceding the 1985-1986 winter, 207 colonies were located and marked, and 85.4% of the colonies survi...

A North Florida Ant Fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Communities of the Southern Cumberland Plateau

The Cumberland Plateau supports diverse plant communities that vary greatly across cove and plateau habitats. Unfortunately, little is known about how terrestrial invertebrate communities vary across cove andplateauhabitats andhowdisturbanceaffects these communities. Toaddress this deÞciency, we used the Ant Leaf Litter protocol to survey ant diversity on the southern Cumberland Plateau in Tenn...

A Descriptive Morphology of the Ant Genus Procryptocerus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Morphology is the most direct approach biologists have to recognize uniqueness of insect species as compared to close relatives. Ants of the genus Procryptocerus possess important morphologic characters yet have not been explored for use in a taxonomic revision. The genus is characterized by the protrusion of the clypeus forming a broad nasus and antennal scrobes over the eyes. The toruli are l...

Revision of the ant genus Melophorus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

The fauna of the purely Australian formicine ant genus Melophorus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) is revised. This project involved integrated morphological and molecular taxonomy using one mitochondrial gene (COI) and four nuclear genes (AA, H3, LR and Wg). Seven major clades were identified and are here designated as the M. aeneovirens, M. anderseni, M. biroi, M. fulvihirtus, M. ludius, M. majeri a...