For example, when invasive Argentine ant, Linepithema humile Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), foragers were excluded from the terrapin scale, Mesolecanium nigrofasciatum (Pergande) (Hemiptera: Coccidae), the ants relocated their nests from the base of the host red maple trees due to the lack of access to their immediate carbohydrate resource.
The beta-diversity analysis showed great diversity of one group in all study sites (represented by Formicidae); intermediate abundance of six groups; and low abundance of seven taxonomic groups in our study sites.
Defensive chemicals of tawny crazy ants, Nylanderia fulva (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and their toxicity to red imported fre ants, Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
Nascimento, "Biogeografia das formigas predadoras do genero Ectatomma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ectatomminae) no leste da Bahia e regioes vizinhas," Agrotropica, vol.
Laboratory experiments showed that invasive ant Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) suppress ghost ants Tapinoma melanocephalum (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) through interference competition.
Bioaccumulation of heavy metals in the bodies of workers of Camponotus atriceps and Dorymyrmex brunneus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae): an exploratory study