Paratrechina longicornis (lat.) - a species of small invasive ants of the subfamily Formicina . Got its name "crazy ant" ( eng. Longhorn crazy ant ) because of the characteristic for it chaotic and fast movements. It has very long antennae and legs [1] .
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Distribution
Everywhere. One of the most widespread invasive species of ants [2] . Presumably, the native land of this species is Africa or Asia [3] . In addition to the tropics and subtropics, it is also represented in temperate countries (to Sweden and Estonia in the north of the range, and to New Zealand in the south) [1] . One of the reasons for successful distribution around the world is their ability to reproduce when closely related crosses without any negative effects of inbreeding [4] .
Description
Small ants 2-3 mm long. Antennae 12-segmented; the scapus (basal segment) is extremely long, twice the size of the head. The eyes are elliptical, strongly convex. Head, chest, abdomen and petiol from dark brown to blackish. The body is covered with grayish-white semi-spaced and spaced hairs.
Value
A dangerous invasive species, which is devoted to more than 270 publications in scientific periodicals [5] . In the USA it has the status of a pest (in homes and in agriculture, as it breeds insects from the Hemiptera group, sucking plant juices, such as aphids , worms and scale insects ) [1]
It became one of the reasons for the failure of the Biosphere-2 experiment, penetrating into its sealed rooms [6] [7] .
Gallery
Winged female on top
Winged male
Head with jaws
Legs Worker
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille). (English) (Retrieved October 25, 2011)
- ↑ Wetterer JK 2008. Worldwide spread of the longhorn crazy ant, Paratrechina longicornis (Hymenoptera: Formicidea). // Myrmecological News 11: 137-149.
- ↑ Trager JC 1984. A revision of the genus Paratrechina (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the continental United States. // Sociobiology 9: 51-162.
- ↑ Morgan Pearcy, Michael AD Goodisman & Laurent Keller. Sib mating without inbreeding in the longhorn crazy ant (English) // Proceedings of the Royal Society B : journal. - 2011. - No. in press . - DOI : 10.1098 / rspb.2010.2562 .
- ↑ Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille 1802) (English) (Retrieved October 25, 2011)
- ↑ Broad, William J. Paradise Lost: Biosphere Retooled as Atmospheric Nightmare . The New York Times (November 19, 1996). Archived on September 1, 2012.
- ↑ Arenson, Karen W. Columbia University Ends Its Association With Biosphere 2 . The New York Times (September 9, 2003). Archived on September 1, 2012.
Literature
- Bertelsmeier, C., A. Avril, O. Blight, A. Confais, L. Diez, H. Jourdan, J. Orivel, N. St Germes, and F. Courchamp. 2015a. Different behavioural strategies among seven highly invasive ant species. Biological Invasions. 17: 2491-2503. doi: 10.1007 / s10530-015-0892-5
- B. Bolton . 1995 . A new general catalog of the ants of the world , Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA.
- Trager JC A revision of the genus Paratrechina (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the continental United States // Sociobiology. - 1984 .-- T. 9 . - S. 51-162 .
Links
- Susan Milius. Ants manage incest without inbreeding . Science News (February 1, 2011). Archived on May 17, 2012.
- Michael Marshall Invasion of the crazy incestuous ants . Zoologger . New Scientist (February 2, 2011). Archived on May 17, 2012.
- www.eol.org - Paratrechina longicornis