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In the 1930s, colonies were accidentally introduced into the United States through the seaport of Mobile, Alabama.Despite earlier views that cargo ships from Brazil docking at Mobile unloaded goods infested with the ants, [1] recent DNA research confirmed that the likely source population for all invasive S. invicta in the United States occurred at or near Formosa, Argentina, and virtually ...
Established by French zoologist Pierre André Latreille in 1809, the subfamily has more than 3,000 described species, placing it as the second largest ant subfamily. Despite this, the hyperdiverse genus Camponotus is the most diverse group of ants in the world, with more than 1,100 species described. [41] [110]
A myrmicin ant Aphaenogaster mayri: Archiponera [7] Gen et sp nov valid Carpenter. Eocene Priabonian. Florissant Formation USA Colorado. A ponerine ant, one species A. wheeleri. Archiponera wheeleri: Camponotus fuscipennis [7] Sp nov valid Carpenter. Eocene Priabonian. Florissant Formation USA Colorado. A formicine ant. Camponotus fuscipennis ...
Ants and their larvae are eaten in different parts of the world. The eggs of two species of ants are used in Mexican escamoles. They are considered a form of insect caviar and can sell for as much as US$50 per kg going up to US$200 per kg (as of 2006) because they are seasonal and hard to find. [210]
Leafcutter ants live only in South America, Mexico, Central America, and a few select areas of the Southern United States, including Texas.. There are at least 55 distinct species of leaf cutter ...
Aenictus is a large army ant genus distributed in the Old World tropics and subtropics. [3] It contains about 181 species, [ 2 ] making it one of the larger ant genera of the world. [ 4 ]
Red imported fire ants are among the worst invasive species in the world. [101] [102] Some scientists consider the red imported fire ant to be a "disturbance specialist"; human disturbance to the environment may be a major factor behind the ants' impact (fire ants tend to favour disturbed areas). This is shown through one experiment ...
Two ants fighting over a dead wasp. Wars or conflicts can break out between different groups in some ant species for a variety of reasons. These violent confrontations typically involve entire colonies, sometimes allied with each other, and can end in a stalemate, the complete destruction of one of the belligerents, the migration of one of the groups, or, in some cases, the establishment of ...