The red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta, in the Virgin Islands (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 431-434

  Wetterer, James K ^a   Snelling, Roy R ^b  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exotic species; Fire ants; Solenopsis invicta; Virgin Islands; West Indies

Indexed keywords

ANT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GUANA ISLAND; LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; LESSER ANTILLES; SAINT CROIX; SAINT JOHN [VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.)]; SAINT THOMAS; TORTOLA; VIRGIN ISLANDS; VIRGIN ISLANDS (BRITISH); VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.);

FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 33847107688     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2006)89[431:TRIFAS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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