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THE RED IMPORTED FIRE ANT, SOLENOPSIS INVICTA, IN THE VIRGIN ISLANDS (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE)

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Year: 2006, 2006

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Contributors: Snelling, Roy R., Wetterer, James K.

Description: The best known and most destructive exotic ant species in the US is the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren. Recently, this species has been reported from several islands in the West Indies, including St. Croix, US Virgin Islands (USVI) and Guana Island, British Virgin Islands (BVI). In the present study, we report new records of S. invicta on St. Croix (13 sites) and the… more

Full Text: Wetterer & Snelling: Solenopsis invicta in the Virgin Islands 431 THE RED IMPORTED FIRE ANT, SOLENOPSIS INVICTA, IN THE VIRGIN ISLANDS (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE) JAMES K. WETTERER1 AND ROY R. SNELLING2 Wilkes Honors College, Florida Atlantic University, …