Ants have always fascinated the nature observer. Reports from ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia indicate that ants interested humans long ago. Myrmecology as a science had its beginning in the last century with great naturalists like Andre, Darwin, Emery, Escherich, Fabre, Fields, Forel, Janet, Karawaiew, McCook, Mayr, Smith, Wasmann and Wheeler. They studied ants as an interesting biological phenomenon, with little thought of the possible beneficial or detrimental effects ants could have on human activities (see Wheeler 1910 as an example). When Europeans began colonizing the New World, serious ant problems occurred. The first reports of pest ants came from Spanish and Portuguese officials of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries in Trinidad, The West Indies, Central America and South America. Leaf-cutting ants were blamed for making agricultural development almost impossible in many areas. These ants, Atta and Acromyrmex species, are undoubtedly the first ants identified as pests and may be considered to have initiated interest and research in applied myrmecology (Mariconi 1970).

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Publisher

CRC Press

Year

2019

ISBN

9780429722189

Edition

Topic

Biological Sciences

Subtopic

Biology

Index

Biological Sciences

Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title
Copyright
Contents
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
ANT PESTS OF THE WORLD
1. Major ant problems of South America
2. Pest ants of India
3. Pest ants in urban and agricultural areas of southern Africa
4. Seed harvesting ant pests in Australia
5. Pest ants in the Hawaiian islands
6. Ants that have pest status in the United States
SYSTEMATICS AND MORPHOLOGY
Overview
7. Chemotaxonomy applied to fire ant systematics in the United States and South America
8. A survey of the glandular system of fire ants
9. A comparison of venom and hydrocarbon profiles from alates in Texas monogyne and polygyne fire ants, Solenopsis invicta
10. Cephalic exocrine glands of ants: a morphological view
11. Morphology of the digestive tract and associated excretory organs of ants
REPRODUCTION
Overview
12. Reproductive strategies of the fire ant
13. Oviposition and growth of the fire ant
14. Social control of reproduction in fire ant colonies
15. Egg-laying in
16. Foundress female weight and cooperative foundation in Atta leaf-cutting ants
NATURAL HISTORY AND BIOLOGY
Overview
17. Evolution of ant communities in response to invasion by the fire ant
18. Community structure and
19. A decade-long study of an Attine ant colony
20. Development of the ant-fungus relationship in
21. Methods for estimating the population density of leaf-cutting ant colonies
22. Methods for the evaluation of leaf-cutting ant harvest
23. Seasonal activity of Atta insularis, an important citrus pest in Jaguey Grande, Cuba
24. Relative protection of
25. Invertebrate enemies and nest associates of the leaf-cutting ant
26. Biology of carpenter ants
27. The little fire ant
28. Biological aspects of the "hormiga loca,"
29. Ant pests of the Tapinomini tribe
BEHAVIORAL AND CHEMICAL ECOLOGY
Overview
30. Nestmate recognition in fire ants: monogyne and polygyne populations
31. Behavioral interactions of fire ants and their parasites, predators and inquilines
32. Territorial ecology of the leaf-cutting ant
33. Foraging strategies and vegetation exploitation in the leaf-cutting ant
34. Senses used by Acromyrmex subterraneus molestans during homing orientation, under laboratory conditions
35. The discovery of new resources and subsequent trail formation by
36. Factors controlling foraging patterns in the leaf-cutting ant
37. Foraging and fungal substrate selection by leaf -cutting ants
38. Toxic effect of plants on leaf-cutting ants and their symbiotic fungus
39. Pheromonal control of behavior in leaf-cutting ants
40. Self-organizing spatial patterns in the Argentine ant
41. Foraging of Pharaoh ants
42. Some findings on neurotoxins from the venom of the giant ant,
43. Prey capture strategy of the African weaver ant
44. The biological activities of ant-derived alkaloids
APPLIED ECOLOGY
Overview
45. Effects of the fire ant,
46. Red imported fire ants' (
47. Control of
48. Relationships between Argentine ants and honeybees in South Africa
49. Carpenter ants (
50. The biology and economic impact of
51. The role of ants in Australian land reclamation seeding operations
52. The ant problems of cocoa farms in Brazil
53. Ant assemblage structure and ecological management in citrus and subtropical fruit orchards in southern Africa
CONTROL
Overview
54. Chemical control of the imported fire ants
55. Effects of IGR fenoxycarb and Sumitomo S-31183 on the queens of two myrmicine ant species
56. Control of the red imported fire ant
57. Approaches to biological control of fire ants in the United States
58. Potential baits for control of the Texas leaf-cutting ant,
59. Comparison of susceptibility of
60. Psychotropic substances impairing the vigilance of
61. Controlling Argentine ants in urban situations
62. Health aspects and control of
63. Effects of fenoxycarb baits on laboratory colonies of the Pharaoh's ant,
64. Reducing theft of surface-sown seeds by harvester ants
65. Management of carpenter ants
66. Management of the "hormiga loca,"
67. Ant control in Hawaiian drip irrigation systems
List of Contributors
Taxonomic Index
Subject Index