Interaction of Hybrid Imported Fire Ants (Solenopsis invicta × S. richteri) with Native Ants at Baits in Southeastern Tennessee

Gibbons, Leah K.; Simberloff, Daniel

doi:10.1656/1528-7092(2005)004[0303:iohifa]2.0.co;2

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“…Of these, S. richteri x invicta was not found at any nonlogged site, and only two T. sessile individuals were found at one nonlogged site. Hybrid imported Þre ants have been shown to outcompete native ants at disturbed sites in southern Tennessee (Gibbons and Simberloff 2005), but our location near the northern edge of the range of imported Þre ants may limit their overall inßuence on native ant communities (Calcott et al 2000). Several other species (Crematogaster pilosa Emery, Hypoponera inexorata, H. opacior, Monomorium minimum, and Pheidole tysoni (Forel) were found only at recently logged sites.…”

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Ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Communities of the Southern Cumberland Plateau

Davis

Zigler

2012

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

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The Cumberland Plateau supports diverse plant communities that vary greatly across cove and plateau habitats. Unfortunately, little is known about how terrestrial invertebrate communities vary across cove and plateau habitats and how disturbance affects these communities. To address this deficiency, we used the Ant Leaf Litter protocol to survey ant diversity on the southern Cumberland Plateau in Tennessee. We surveyed forested habitats on top of the plateau surface and on the cove slopes, as well as sites that were logged within the past 6 yr. After surveying 14 sites we found 1) 10,130 ants representing 55 species from 21 genera and six subfamilies, including five new records for Tennessee; 2) significant differences in ant communities by habitat type; 3) that south-facing cove slope ant communities more closely resembled the ant community of plateau surface native forest sites than the ant community of north-facing cove slopes; 4) that recently logged sites hosted a distinct ant community (including hybrid imported fire ants) not found in undisturbed habitats; and 5) by resampling three sites surveyed 5 yr earlier, that the ant leaf litter protocol can be used to track ant community change over time. Ants thus proved to be an excellent system for examining invertebrate diversity across habitats on the Cumberland Plateau.

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Ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Communities of the Southern Cumberland Plateau

Davis

Zigler

2012

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

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“…Ant competition studies at the colony or population level have typically used numerical surrogates to characterize competitive behavior, such as number of individuals collected at baits (Gibbons and Simberloff 2005;LeBrun et al 2007;Sarty et al 2006) or rate of bait take-over (LeBrun 2005). Studies which have investigated interactions between individual ants have often included analysis of the posture or disposition of the ants during those interactions (for example, Tanner 2006).…”

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Interactions Between Aphaenogaster carolinensis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and Four Sympatric Ant Species

Menzel

2012

J Insect Behav

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Individual ants of Aphaenogaster carolinensis Wheeler were placed in two way combinations with four sympatric ant species (Aphaenogaster lamellidens Mayr, Crematogaster lineolata Say, Pachycondyla chinensis Emery and Prenolepis imparis Say) to determine whether their interspecific behavior was dependent upon the ant species they were confronted with. The tendency of A. carolinensis to initiate and terminate interactions, and the durations of those interactions, were measured for all combinations. There was no significant effect of species on initiation or termination. There was a significant effect of species on the duration of interactions that were both initiated and terminated by A. carolinensis. Durations of interactions with A. lamellidens were significantly longer than with other species. The conclusion is that the interspecific behavior of A. carolinensis is dependent in part on the species it is interacting with.

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“…In the case of S. geminata × S. xyloni , the ability to produce hybrid workers with non-hybrid reproductive may, in the absence of conspecific mates, provide an option for queens to form a viable colony with hybrid workers that survived better in competitive encounters than the parent species [34,35]. Hybrid imported fire ants, S. invicta × S. richteri , are known to outcompete native species in disturbed habitats [36], and are more tolerant to low temperatures than either parent [37]. Potentially, hybrid ants are capable of occupying marginal habitats not utilized by parent species [38].…”

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Potential Hybridization between Two Invasive Termite Species, Coptotermes formosanus and C. gestroi (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae), and Its Biological and Economic Implications

Chouvenc

2017

Insects

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Abstract:The Asian subterranean termite, Coptotermes gestroi, is a tropical species but has increasingly been collected from the subtropics in recent years, making it sympatric to the Formosan subterranean termite, C. formosanus in at least three areas, Taiwan, Hawaii, and Florida. Simultaneous flights by these two species were observed since 2013 in South Florida, during which interspecies tandems were observed. Laboratory mating of C. formosanus and C. gestroi alates produced hybrid incipient colonies of larger population size. Studies are underway to examine the presence in the field of hybrid colonies in sympatric areas of Taiwan and Florida. Other biological characteristics of C. formosanus × C. gestroi hybrids being studied include temperature tolerance and preference, colony growth rate, wood-consumption rate, and reproductive fertility. This current research aims to determine the potential establishment of a hybrid termite population in south Florida and Taiwan. It investigates the risk of introgressive hybridization in field populations, with an emphasis on its potential ecological, evolutionary, and economic consequences.

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Interaction of Hybrid Imported Fire Ants (Solenopsis invicta × S. richteri) with Native Ants at Baits in Southeastern Tennessee

Cited by 26 publications

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Ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Communities of the Southern Cumberland Plateau

Ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Communities of the Southern Cumberland Plateau

Interactions Between Aphaenogaster carolinensis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and Four Sympatric Ant Species

Potential Hybridization between Two Invasive Termite Species, Coptotermes formosanus and C. gestroi (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae), and Its Biological and Economic Implications

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