Alien ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Mexico: the first database of records

Rosas‐Mejía, Madai; Guénard, Benoit; Aguilar-Méndez, Mario J.; Ghilardi, Adrián; Vásquez‐Bolaños, Miguel; Economo, Evan P.; Janda, Milan

doi:10.1007/s10530-020-02423-1

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“…Nylanderia fulva has a native distribution along the Rio de La Plata basin and the southern portion of the Atlantic Coastal Forest biome [8]; including Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Argentina. This ant is considered a pest species in urban, agricultural, and natural/wildland areas and has been reported as introduced in Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Venezuela, Mexico, and the United States [8][9][10][11][12][13][14]; with additional Nylanderia species reported in Colombia and Peru [15,16]. After the initial reports and identi cation of N. fulva in the US, little to no information was recorded about further range expansion or its impacts on urban and natural settings, suggesting that these rst reported propagules may have failed to establish.…”

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How Homogenous is a Supercolony? High-Resolution Sequencing Revels Population Genetic Structure in the Introduced Range of Tawny Crazy Ant (Nylanderia fulva (Mayr): Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Holt,

Montoya-Lerma,

Calcaterra

et al. 2024

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Background The tawny crazy ant (Nylanderia fulva (Mayr)) is native to South America and was first reported in the continental United States (US) in 1938. It was not until the 1990s in Florida and 2000s in Texas that this ant was considered a serious pest in the US. Tawny crazy ant (TCA) is currently considered an invasive pest in six US states. A limited number of low-density molecular markers have previously shown little genetic differentiation among Nylanderia fulva across their geographic distribution in the US. Results Using high-throughput sequencing we obtained high-density molecular markers, a total of 4,557 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), that provided increased resolution for detecting population genetic differences. There was genetic variation among tawny crazy ants in the US and Argentina. Additionally, there was substructure among some geographic locations in the US (i.e., Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, and Florida). Samples from Colombia and Perú were genetically very distant from N. fulva in Argentina and US, and thus they are likely potential cryptic species or belong to another cryptic species complex. Conclusion There is genetic differentiation observed between and within tawny crazy ants in Argentina and the US as well as among tawny crazy ants in the US. Locations associated with port cities in the US are most closely related to ants from Buenos Aires, Argentina. The higher levels of differentiation among other locations and Buenos Aires may be the result of the introduction of an unidentified genotype, admixture, a sample size artifact, or a combination of these factors. Although these tawny crazy ants may act as a supercolony across wide geographic scales, our results support that N. fulva is structured into genetically differentiated populations.

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How Homogenous is a Supercolony? High-Resolution Sequencing Revels Population Genetic Structure in the Introduced Range of Tawny Crazy Ant (Nylanderia fulva (Mayr): Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Holt,

Montoya-Lerma,

Calcaterra

et al. 2024

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“…These changes have repercussions for the physical environment, causing indirect effects on the composition, abundance, and dispersal of many species ( Bustamante and Grez 1995 ), resulting in alterations in biological interactions, increased occurrence of pests and a decline in crop pollination ( Buczkowski and Richmond 2012 ). Furthermore, human-induced disturbance favors the establishment of exotic and invasive ant species that can displacenative species ( Sobrinho and Schoereder 2007 , Rosas-Mejía et al 2021 ).…”

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Ants of Mexico: Distribution and species richness in environments with varying levels of human impact

Rodríguez de León,

Venegas Barrera,

Gaona García

et al. 2023

BDJ

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Anthropogenic disturbance, primarily driven by land-use changes, has caused alterations in ecosystems and biodiversity, including the ant community. Therefore, the aim of this study was to analyse the current landscape of ant species richness and distribution in environments with varying degrees of disturbance in Mexico. Additionally, we sought to identify ant species of ecological, economic and health significance within the country. The present study shows that Mexico has a total of 33,286 records of 1,104 ant species belonging to 10 subfamilies. These species were recorded in a wide variety of environments with different levels of human impact. It was observed that both highly-disturbed environments and undisturbed environments had the highest number of ant records. In undisturbed environments, greater species richness was recorded, with a total of 704 species. Furthermore, the most representative ant species for the country were identified in ecological, economic and human health contexts. Within these species, a group composed of four exotic species (Tapinoma melanocephalum, Paratrechina longicornis, Wasmannia auropunctata and Linepithema humile) deserves special attention, as they have achieved extensive dispersion throughout the country and have been associated with negative impacts in ecological, economic and human health realms.

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“…Reliable and traceable collection records, including locality, date, collector name, coordinates, and depository institute provide a basic information for effective pest control management in the future. Thus, the lists of exotic ants have been extensively improved in several countries and areas (Deyrup et al, 2000;Wetterer et al, 2004;Gómez & Espadaler, 2006;Boer & Vierbergen, 2008;Ivanov, 2016;Wetterer, 2017;Taheri & Reyes-López, 2018;Schifani, 2019;Rosas-Mejía et al, 2021).…”

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Exotic ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Cambodia

Hosoishi¹,

Rahman²,

Heng³

2022

Far East. entomol.

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In this study, we reports ten exotic ant species from Cambodia, based on field expeditions conducted from 2010 to 2013. The following seven species are confirmed to be new to Cambodia: Iridomyrmex anceps (Roger, 1863), Monomorium floricola (Jerdon, 1851), M. pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758), Solenopsis geminata (Fabricius, 1804), Tetramorium kheperra (Bolton, 1976), T. lanuginosum Mayr, 1870 and Trichomyrmex destructor (Jerdon, 1851). Distributional data are also given at the province level.

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Alien ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Mexico: the first database of records

Cited by 6 publications

References 27 publications

How Homogenous is a Supercolony? High-Resolution Sequencing Revels Population Genetic Structure in the Introduced Range of Tawny Crazy Ant (Nylanderia fulva (Mayr): Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

How Homogenous is a Supercolony? High-Resolution Sequencing Revels Population Genetic Structure in the Introduced Range of Tawny Crazy Ant (Nylanderia fulva (Mayr): Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Ants of Mexico: Distribution and species richness in environments with varying levels of human impact

Exotic ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Cambodia

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