Solenopsis invicta

the red imported fire ant, a species imported from South America that has spread extensively within the southeastern U.S. where it has become a major pest of humans and animals; it readily stings humans, producing local swelling and pruritus with development of a pustule at the site of the sting and, in rare cases, it can cause anaphylactic shock with death from respiratory or cardiac arrest.
See also: Solenopsis richteri.

Synonym(s): red imported fire ant

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So·le·nop·sis in·vic·ta

(sōl-ĕ-nop'sis in-vik'tă)

The red fire ant, a species imported from South America that has spread extensively within the southeastern United States, where it has become a major pest of humans and animals; it readily stings humans, producing local swelling and pruritus with development of a pustule at the site of the sting and, in rare cases, can cause anaphylactic shock with death from respiratory or cardiac arrest.
See also: Solenopsis richteri
Synonym(s): red fire ant.

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Key Words: Solenopsis invicta; Pseudacteon; Kneallhazia solenopsae; Solenopsis invicta virus 3; pathogen

Introduction of fire ant biological control agents into the Coachella Valley of California

Differences in worker size and mound distribution in monogynous and polygynous colonies of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta Buren.

Comparative Population Genetics of Red Imported Fire Ants (Solenopsis invicta) at the University of Central Oklahoma and Lake Arcadia, Edmond, Oklahoma

As an important food resource, honeydew can also facilitate the invasion of Solenopsis invicta (Wilder et al., 2011a).

Solenopsis invicta Suppress Native Ant by Excluding Mutual Exploitation from the Invasive Mealybug, Phenacoccus solenopsis

Standard metabolic rate of the fire ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren: effects of temperature, mass and caste.

Critical thermal maxima and body size positively correlate in red imported fire ants, Solenopsis invicta

In the Eucalyptus habitat we sampled 54 species from 1,925 individuals, with 49% of these individuals belonging to the genus Pheidole (952 individuals), and 29% to Solenopsis invicta (571 individuals).

Are ant assemblages of Brazilian veredas characterized by location or habitat type/Caracterizacao da assembleia de formigas (Hymenoptera: Formicedae) em veredas impactadas pela monocultura de Eucaliptus?

Notable ant species found during this survey included the hybrid-imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta x richteri), Dolichoderus pustulatus, Formica integra, and Pheidole pilifera.

The ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) fauna of the cedar glades and xeric limestone prairies of the Central Basin of Tennessee

Chemistry of the feces of the red imported fire ants, Solenopsis invicta Buren (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).

Plants in your ants: using ant mounds to test basic ecological principles

pergandei were observed within a colony of the hybrid imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta x richteri.

First report of the eastern ant cricket, Myrmecophilus pergandei Bruner, (Orthoptera: Mymecophilidae), collected from an imported fire ant colony, Solenopsis invicta x richteri (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Field experiments using domestic pig carcasses were used to determine the effect of Solenopsis invicta Buren, the red imported fire ant, on arthropod communities on exposed carrion in coastal South Carolina.

Effect of the Imported Red Fire Ant on Determination of Postmortem Interval in Coastal Carolina

inexpectatus eggs and hatchlings particularly vulnerable to fire ant (Solenopsis invicta) predation.

Aspects of reproduction in the southeastern five-lined skink (Eumeces inexpectatus): new data and a review. (Short Communication)

They also compared the effect of the chemical on the termites and the fire ant, Solenopsis invicta, one of its greatest enemies.

Termites make mothballs