Linepithema Mayr

Ward, P. S., 2005, A synoptic review of the ants of California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), Zootaxa 936, pp. 1-68 : 26

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6268840
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scientific name	Linepithema Mayr
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The introduced Argentine ant, L. humile (Mayr) , is abundant in many urban and agricultural locations in lowland California, and it has invaded natural habitats along rivers and in some coastal regions. Workers avidly tend plant nectaries and honeydewproducing hemipterans. L. humile aggressively eliminates epigeic (aboveground foraging) native ant species ( Ward 1987; Human & Gordon 1996; Holway 1998). Most California populations of L. humile exhibit a unicolonial population structure, in which there is little or no intraspecific aggression, and they have reduced genetic diversity compared to native populations in Argentina ( Tsutsui et al. 2000). Additional references (a sampling only): Buczkowski et al. (2004), Carney et al. (2003), Gordon et al. (2001), Heller (2004), Holway (1999), Holway et al. (1998, 2002), Holway and Suarez (2004), Human and Gordon (1997), Ingram and Gordon (2003), Knight and Rust (1990), Longcore (2003), Newell and Barber (1913), Sanders et al. (2001), Shattuck (1992a, 1992c), Smith (1965), Suarez et al. (1998, 1999, 2001), Tsutsui and Case (2001), Tsutsui et al. (2003), Vega and Rust (2001).

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Carney, S. E., Byerley, M. B. & Holway, D. A. (2003) Invasive Argentine ants (Linepithema humile) do not replace native ants as seed dispersers of Dendromecon rigida (Papaveraceae) in California, USA. Oecologia (Berlin), 135, 576 - 582.

Sanders, N. J., Barton, K. E. & Gordon, D. M. (2001) Long-term dynamics of the distribution of the invasive Argentine ant, Linepithema humile, and native ant taxa in northern California. Oecologia (Berlin), 127, 123 - 130.

Tsutsui, N. D., Suarez, A. V. & Grosberg, R. K. (2003) Genetic diversity, asymmetrical aggression, and recognition in a widespread invasive species. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 100, 1078 - 1083.

Heller, N. E. (2004) Colony structure in introduced and native populations of the invasive Argentine ant, Linepithema humile. Insectes Sociaux, 51, 378 - 386.

Holway, D. A. & Suarez, A. V. (2004) Colony-structure variation and interspecific competitive ability in the invasive Argentine ant. Oecologia (Berlin), 138, 216 - 222.

Human, K. G. & Gordon, D. M. (1996) Exploitation and interference competition between the invasive Argentine ant, Linepithema humile, and native ant species. Oecologia (Berlin), 105, 405 - 412.

Human, K. G. & Gordon, D. M. (1997) Effects of Argentine ants on invertebrate biodiversity in northern California. Conservation Biology, 11, 1242 - 1248.

Ingram, K. K. & Gordon, D. M. (2003) Genetic analysis of dispersal dynamics in an invading population of Argentine ants. Ecology, 84, 2832 - 2842.

Knight, R. L. & Rust, M. K. (1990) The urban ants of California with distribution notes of imported species. Southwestern Entomologist, 15, 167 - 178.

Longcore, T. (2003) Terrestrial arthropods as indicators of ecological restoration success in coastal sage scrub (California, U. S. A.). Restoration Ecology, 11, 397 - 409.

Newell, W. & Barber, T. C. (1913) The Argentine ant. United States Department of Agriculture. Bureau of Entomology. Bulletin, 122, 1 - 98.

Shattuck, S. O. (1992 a) Review of the dolichoderine ant genus Iridomyrmex Mayr with descriptions of three new genera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society, 31, 13 - 18.

Shattuck, S. O. (1992 c) Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dolichoderinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology, 21, 1 - 181.

Smith, M. R. (1965) House-infesting ants of the eastern United States. Their recognition, biology, and economic importance. United States Department of Agriculture. Technical Bulletin, 1326, 1 - 105.

Tsutsui, N. D., Suarez, A. V., Holway, D. A. & Case, T. J. (2000) Reduced genetic variation and the success of an invasive species. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 97, 5948 - 5953.

Tsutsui, N. D. & Case, T. J. (2001) Population genetics and colony structure of the Argentine ant (Linepithema humile) in its native and introduced ranges. Evolution, 55, 976 - 985.

Vega, S. J. & Rust, M. J. (2001) The Argentine ant - a significant invasive species in agricultural, urban and natural environments. Sociobiology, 37, 3 - 25.

Ward, P. S. (1987) Distribution of the introduced Argentine ant (Iridomyrmex humilis) in natural habitats of the lower Sacramento Valley and its effects on the indigenous ant fauna. Hilgardia, 55 (2), 1 - 16.