Comparative Immature Morphology of Brazilian Fire Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Solenopsis)

Although common in Brazil, the biology of the fire ant Solenopsis saevissima (Smith) is still poorly studied. Larval descriptions are useful to genus-level ant systematics and sometimes to species-level taxonomy. This study presents a detailed description of juveniles of S. saevissima from Brazil, w...

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Main Authors: Eduardo Gonçalves Paterson Fox, Daniel Russ Solis, Mônica Lanzoni Rossi, Jacques Hubert Charles Delabie, Rodrigo Fernando de Souza, Odair Correa Bueno
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Psyche: A Journal of Entomology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/183284