Impact of the invasion of the imported fire ant

SB Vinson - Insect Science, 2013‏ - Wiley Online Library
The impact of the imported fire ant (IFA) is complex, in large part, because several very
different species of “Fire Ants” have invaded and one of these has two forms, all of which are …

Integrated pest management concepts for red imported fire ants Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

BM Drees, AA Calixto, PR Nester - Insect Science, 2013‏ - Wiley Online Library
Management of imported fire ant species has evolved since their accidental introduction into
the United States and currently uses integrated pest management concepts to design …

Notes for genera: Basal clades of fungi (Including aphelidiomycota, basidiobolomycota, blastocladiomycota, calcarisporiellomycota, caulochytriomycota …

NN Wijayawardene, J Pawłowska, PM Letcher, PM Kirk… - Fungal Diversity, 2018‏ - Springer
Compared to the higher fungi (Dikarya), taxonomic and evolutionary studies on the basal
clades of fungi are fewer in number. Thus, the generic boundaries and higher ranks in the …

Microsporidia in insects

JJ Becnel, TG Andreadis - Microsporidia: pathogens of …, 2014‏ - Wiley Online Library
This chapter highlights the biological and life cycle features of the entomogenous
microsporidia and provides some basic information on their taxonomic distribution. There is …

A New Threat to Honey Bees, the Parasitic Phorid Fly Apocephalus borealis

A Core, C Runckel, J Ivers, C Quock, T Siapno… - PloS one, 2012‏ - journals.plos.org
Honey bee colonies are subject to numerous pathogens and parasites. Interaction among
multiple pathogens and parasites is the proposed cause for Colony Collapse Disorder …

Phylogeny of the Microsporidia

CR Vossbrinck… - Microsporidia …, 2014‏ - Wiley Online Library
Most modern microsporidian species descriptions include detailed microscopic and ultra
structural images, and many of the more recent descriptions also include a small subunit …

Pyrokinin β-Neuropeptide Affects Necrophoretic Behavior in Fire Ants (S. invicta), and Expression of β-NP in a Mycoinsecticide Increases Its Virulence

Y Fan, RM Pereira, E Kilic, G Casella, NO Keyhani - PLoS One, 2012‏ - journals.plos.org
Fire ants are one of the world's most damaging invasive pests, with few means for their
effective control. Although ecologically friendly alternatives to chemical pesticides such as …

Seasonal variation and the co-occurrence of four pathogens and a group of parasites among monogyne and polygyne fire ant colonies

SM Valles, DH Oi, SD Porter - Biological control, 2010‏ - Elsevier
A year-long survey was conducted to determine the seasonality and co-occurrence of four
pathogens and a group of parasites in colonies of the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis …

Fire ant decapitating fly cooperative release programs (1994-2008): Two Pseudacteon species, P. tricuspis and P. curvatus, rapidly expand across imported fire ant …

AMA Callcott, SD Porter, DW Ronald Jr… - Journal of Insect …, 2011‏ - academic.oup.com
Natural enemies of the imported fire ants, Solenopsis invicta Buren, S. richteri Forel
(Hymenoptera: Formicidae), and their hybrid, include a suite of more than 20 fire ant …

Fire Ants (Solenopsis spp.) and Their Natural Enemies in Southern South America

J Briano, L Calcaterra, L Varone - Psyche: A Journal of …, 2012‏ - Wiley Online Library
We review the fire ant research conducted by the ARS‐South American Biological Control
Laboratory (SABCL) since 1987 to find a complex of natural enemies in southern South …