1973
DOI: 10.2307/3493135
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Fire Ants Attacked by Phorid Flies

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“…Recently Williams et al (1973), Williams and Whitcomb (1974) In one particular case, we observed a major worker of S. invicta under continuous attack by a lone phorid. We collected both host and parasite, placed them in a 20 ml vial.…”
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“…Recently Williams et al (1973), Williams and Whitcomb (1974) In one particular case, we observed a major worker of S. invicta under continuous attack by a lone phorid. We collected both host and parasite, placed them in a 20 ml vial.…”
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“…Our observations also document P. obtusus attacks upon naturally occurring S. invicta workers at a distance from the fire ant nest. Previous studies (for example, Williams et al, 1973;Williams, 1980) Feener (1981) noted that phorids of the genus Apocephalus attack major workers of the ant Pheidole dentata and "stampede" the ant, thus overcoming its defensive behavior. P. obtusus appeared in our study to promote a similar response from its host.…”
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“…For instance, P. tricuspis responds to S. invicta alarm pheromones that are emitted during mound disturbances, alate ßights, and intra-and interspeciÞc Þghting (Williams et al 1973, Pesquero et al 1993, Morrison and King 2004, a trait that is exploited in P. tricuspis monitoring surveys. Henne et al 2007a).…”
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“…Since the 1970s, several surveys were carried out in South America to determine the diversity and abundance of fire ant natural enemies, in an effort to explore potential biocontrol agents for use in the United States. Over 35 natural enemies were found (Jouvenaz, 1983;Wojcik, 1990), including pathogens (Avery et al, 1977;Briano et al, 1995a,b), parasites (Jouvenaz and Wojcik, 1990;Jouvenaz et al, 1988), parasitoids (Porter and Pesquero, 2001;Porter et al, 1995a,b;Williams and Banks, 1987;Williams et al, 1973;Wojcik et al, 1987) and predators Wojcik and Naves, 1992;Wojcik et al, 1977). From them, two species of microsporidian pathogens (Briano et al, 1995a(Briano et al, ,b, 2002Oi et al, 2005;, several species of phorid flies (Calcaterra et al, 2005;Orr et al, 1995;Pesquero et al, 1995;Porter 1998Porter , 2000, a congeneric parasitic ant (Briano et al, 1997;Calcaterra et al, 1999), and a mermithid nematode (Poinar et al, 2007, Porter and Varone unpublished data) have been under study as potential control agents.…”
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