Establishing guidelines to improve identification of fire ants Solenopsis xyloni and Solenopsis invicta

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 313-322

  Jacobson, A L ^a   Thompson, D C ^a   Murray, L ^a,b   Hanson, S F ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire ants; Identification; PCR; Quarantine; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; SOLENOPSIS; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA; SOLENOPSIS XYLONI;

EID: 33750204562     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493-99.2.313     Document Type: Article

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