An overview of the red imported fire ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in mainland China

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 723-731

  Zhang, Runzhi ^a   Li, Yingchao ^a   Liu, Ning ^a   Porter, Sanford D ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Control; Damage; Distribution; Infestation; Invasion biology; Management; Solenopsis invicta

Indexed keywords

ANT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INSECTICIDE; INVASIVE SPECIES; PEST CONTROL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; FUJIAN; GUANGDONG; GUANGXI ZHUANGZU; GUIZHOU; HENAN; HUNAN; SHANDONG; SHANXI; SOUTH AMERICA; TIANJIN; WUCHUAN;

FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 38149104749     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2007)90[723:AOOTRI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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