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Tropical Fire Ant (
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, 2000
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)
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(ANTWEB: CASENT0173278). (
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<emphasis id="B931EA923E6FFFF554C536EEFE55FCDD" box="[247,495,763,789]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Solenopsis geminata</emphasis>
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is an invasive ant transported by humans. It was collected for the first time in
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in 1891 (
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, 1893
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).
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is found on 20 islands and islets having invaded natural as well as fragmented habitats, successional forest, human settlements and agricultural zones. It is widely distributed along all ecological zones in the archipelago from littoral to humid zones. The species is commonly present in open areas and has been collected in stands of
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,
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<emphasis id="B931EA923E6FFFF556E437BEFCE6FC0C" box="[726,860,939,964]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">P. guajava</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="B931EA923E6FFFF5575D37BEFC55FC0D" box="[879,1007,939,965]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">S. cordata</emphasis>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="4C454D033E6FFFF5503337BEFB12FC0D" box="[1025,1192,939,965]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Nyctaginaceae" genus="Pisonia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="floribunda">P. floribunda</taxonomicName>
,
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,
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,
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<emphasis id="B931EA923E6FFFF555A737DBFDEDFC20" box="[405,599,974,1000]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">C. leucophlyctis</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="B931EA923E6FFFF5565437DBFCC8FC20" box="[614,882,974,1000]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Homolepis glutinosa (</emphasis>
Sw.) Zuloaga &amp; Soderstr.
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,
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,
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<emphasis id="B931EA923E6CFFF654C534AFFDACFF1C" box="[247,534,186,212]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Gossypium barbadense</emphasis>
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L. and areas composed by ferns (
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<emphasis id="B931EA923E6CFFF657FD34AFFB74FF1C" box="[975,1230,186,212]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Pteridium aquilinum</emphasis>
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(L.) Kuhn), grasses (
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<emphasis id="B931EA923E6CFFF6555334CBFD8BFF3F" box="[353,561,221,247]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Eragrostis pilosa</emphasis>
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(L.) P. Beauv.
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<emphasis id="B931EA923E6CFFF656DD34C8FCE3FF3F" box="[751,857,221,247]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">S. setosa</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="B931EA923E6CFFF6575B34C8FC6CFF3F" box="[873,982,221,247]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Cynodon</emphasis>
sp.
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) and herbs (
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<emphasis id="B931EA923E6CFFF650A934C8FAD0FF3F" box="[1179,1386,221,247]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Centella asiatica</emphasis>
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(L.) Urb. in Mart.). It can be found in mangrove litter, near lagoons, sandy dunes, beaches and wetlands.
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Map 27. Distribution of
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Emery, 1894
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.
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visits flowers of
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, extrafloral nectaries of
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<emphasis id="B931EA923E6CFFF6508F3541FA89FEA5" box="[1213,1331,339,366]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">O. echios</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B931EA923E6CFFF654C53562FE3AFE58" box="[247,384,374,400]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">J. thouarsii</emphasis>
(
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, 1994
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)
</taxonomicName>
, plant species infested by
<taxonomicName id="4C454D033E6CFFF657593562FC51FE58" ID-CoL="3P8SH" baseAuthorityName="Maskell" baseAuthorityYear="1878" box="[875,1003,374,400]" class="Insecta" family="Margarodidae" genus="Icerya" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="purchasi">
<emphasis id="B931EA923E6CFFF657593562FC51FE58" box="[875,1003,374,400]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">I. purchasi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
where it feeds on the honeydew produced by the scale insect (
<bibRefCitation id="EFD44B713E6CFFF65654358CFC38FE7B" author="LINCANGO M. &amp; HODGSON C. &amp; CAUSTON C. E. &amp; MILLER D." box="[614,898,409,435]" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" pagination="3 - 7" refId="ref23233" refString="LINCANGO M., HODGSON C., CAUSTON C. E. &amp; MILLER D., 2010. - An updated checklist of scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Galapagos Research, 67: 3 - 7." type="journal article" year="2010">
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<emphasis id="B931EA923E6CFFF656C3358FFC8DFE7B" box="[753,823,409,435]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">et al.,</emphasis>
2010
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;
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<emphasis id="B931EA923E6CFFF65032358FFBFCFE7B" box="[1024,1094,409,435]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">et al.,</emphasis>
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), as well as other plants like
<taxonomicName id="4C454D033E6CFFF6554D35A8FDAAFE1E" ID-CoL="4WP74" box="[383,528,444,471]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Senna" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="alata">
<emphasis id="B931EA923E6CFFF6554D35A8FDAAFE1E" box="[383,528,444,471]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Senna alata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(L.) Roxb.,
<taxonomicName id="4C454D033E6CFFF6569835A8FC87FE1E" ID-CoL="5V4C6" box="[682,829,445,471]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Annonaceae" genus="Annona" kingdom="Plantae" order="Magnoliales" pageId="30" pageNumber="44" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="muricata">
A.
<emphasis id="B931EA923E6CFFF656E235A8FC87FE1E" box="[720,829,445,470]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">muricata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C454D033E6CFFF6574935A8FBB0FE1F" box="[891,1034,445,471]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Acacia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="undetermined">
<emphasis id="B931EA923E6CFFF6574935A8FC75FE1F" box="[891,975,445,471]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Acacia</emphasis>
spp.
</taxonomicName>
infested by other
<taxonomicName id="4C454D033E6CFFF650D835A9FAD3FE1E" authorityName="Linnaeus" authorityYear="1758" box="[1258,1385,444,470]" class="Magnoliopsida" kingdom="Plantae" order="Hemiptera" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="order">Hemiptera</taxonomicName>
species. The tropical fire ant has invaded all agricultural zones in the inhabited islands of the archipelago. It has been reported from the crops
<emphasis id="B931EA923E6CFFF657513616FAD8FDD4" box="[867,1378,515,541]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">
<taxonomicName id="4C454D033E6CFFF657513616FBBFFDD5" ID-CoL="3XV44" box="[867,1029,515,541]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Euphorbiaceae" genus="Manihot" kingdom="Plantae" order="Malpighiales" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="esculenta">M. esculenta</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C454D033E6CFFF650273616FB1CFDD4" ID-CoL="66LDM" box="[1045,1190,515,541]" class="Liliopsida" family="Bromeliaceae" genus="Ananas" kingdom="Plantae" order="Poales" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="comosus">A. comosus</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C454D033E6CFFF650843616FAD8FDD4" ID-CoL="44NQ3" box="[1206,1378,515,540]" class="Liliopsida" family="Musaceae" genus="Musa" kingdom="Plantae" order="Zingiberales" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="acuminata">M. acuminata</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C454D033E6CFFF654C53633FE0FFD88" ID-CoL="4Y369" box="[247,437,550,576]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Solanaceae" genus="Solanum" kingdom="Plantae" order="Solanales" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="lycopersicum">
<emphasis id="B931EA923E6CFFF654C53633FE0FFD88" box="[247,437,550,576]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">S. lycopersicum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C454D033E6CFFF655FC3633FDCEFD88" ID-CoL="4Y4K6" box="[462,628,550,576]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Solanaceae" genus="Solanum" kingdom="Plantae" order="Solanales" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="tuberosum">
<emphasis id="B931EA923E6CFFF655FC3633FDCEFD88" box="[462,628,550,576]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">S. tuberosum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C454D033E6CFFF656BF3632FBA6FD88" ID-CoL="5MN3H" box="[653,1052,550,576]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Brassicaceae" genus="Brassica" kingdom="Plantae" order="Brassicales" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="variety" species="oleracea" variety="botrytis">
<emphasis id="B931EA923E6CFFF656BF3632FCCAFD88" box="[653,880,550,576]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Brassica oleracea</emphasis>
var.
<emphasis id="B931EA923E6CFFF657F23633FBA6FD88" box="[960,1052,550,576]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">botrytis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
L.,
<taxonomicName id="4C454D033E6CFFF6506D3633FAD8FD88" ID-CoL="6B3DT" box="[1119,1378,550,576]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Apiaceae" genus="Coriandrum" kingdom="Plantae" order="Apiales" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="sativum">
<emphasis id="B931EA923E6CFFF6506D3633FAD8FD88" box="[1119,1378,550,576]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Coriandrum sativum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C454D033E6CFFF654C5365CFE32FDAB" ID-CoL="4XZPN" box="[247,392,585,611]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Solanaceae" genus="Solanum" kingdom="Plantae" order="Solanales" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="betaceum">
<emphasis id="B931EA923E6CFFF654C5365CFE32FDAB" box="[247,392,585,611]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">S. betaceum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<emphasis id="B931EA923E6CFFF655AA365CFD61FDAB" box="[408,731,585,611]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">
<taxonomicName id="4C454D033E6CFFF655AA365CFDADFDAB" ID-CoL="VMHN" box="[408,535,585,611]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Cucurbitaceae" genus="Citrullus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Cucurbitales" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="lanatus">C. lanatus</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C454D033E6CFFF65610365FFD61FDAB" ID-CoL="6RQNL" box="[546,731,585,611]" class="Liliopsida" family="Musaceae" genus="Musa" kingdom="Plantae" order="Zingiberales" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="paradisiaca">M. paradisiaca</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C454D033E6CFFF656DB365CFCDCFDAB" ID-CoL="RCZK" box="[745,870,585,611]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Caricaceae" genus="Carica" kingdom="Plantae" order="Brassicales" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="papaya">
<emphasis id="B931EA923E6CFFF656DB365CFCDCFDAB" box="[745,870,585,611]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">C. papaya</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C454D033E6CFFF65746365CFC42FDAB" ID-CoL="QT4R" box="[884,1016,585,611]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Solanaceae" genus="Capsicum" kingdom="Plantae" order="Solanales" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="annuum">
<emphasis id="B931EA923E6CFFF65746365CFC42FDAB" box="[884,1016,585,611]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">C. annuum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C454D033E6CFFF65035365CFBC4FDAB" ID-CoL="6BPNL" box="[1031,1150,585,611]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Cucurbitaceae" genus="Cucumis" kingdom="Plantae" order="Cucurbitales" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="sativus">
<emphasis id="B931EA923E6CFFF65035365CFBC4FDAB" box="[1031,1150,585,611]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">C. sativus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C454D033E6CFFF650BF365FFB51FDAB" ID-CoL="5CXX5" box="[1165,1259,586,611]" class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Zea" kingdom="Plantae" order="Poales" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="mays">
<emphasis id="B931EA923E6CFFF650BF365FFB51FDAB" box="[1165,1259,586,611]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Z. mays</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<emphasis id="B931EA923E6CFFF650C8365FFEC7FD4E" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">
<taxonomicName id="4C454D033E6CFFF650C8365FFADFFDAB" ID-CoL="3RTC5" box="[1274,1381,586,611]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asteraceae" genus="Lactuca" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asterales" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="sativa">L. sativa</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C454D033E6CFFF654C53678FEC7FD4E" ID-CoL="68CJF" box="[247,381,620,646]" class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Bambusa" kingdom="Plantae" order="Poales" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="vulgaris">P. vulgaris</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C454D033E6CFFF655BE3679FE56FD4E" ID-CoL="329TQ" box="[396,492,620,646]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Cucurbitaceae" genus="Cucumis" kingdom="Plantae" order="Cucurbitales" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="melo">
<emphasis id="B931EA923E6CFFF655BE3679FE56FD4E" box="[396,492,620,646]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">C. melo</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C454D033E6CFFF655C93679FDC5FD4F" box="[507,639,620,647]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Rutaceae" genus="Citrus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Sapindales" pageId="30" pageNumber="24" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="spp">
<emphasis id="B931EA923E6CFFF655C93679FDFCFD4E" box="[507,582,620,646]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Citrus</emphasis>
spp
</taxonomicName>
.,
<taxonomicName id="4C454D033E6CFFF656A33678FC13FD4E" ID-CoL="7LCRY" box="[657,937,620,647]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Brassicaceae" genus="Brassica" kingdom="Plantae" order="Brassicales" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="variety" species="oleracea" variety="italica">
<emphasis id="B931EA923E6CFFF656A33678FCA6FD4E" box="[657,796,620,646]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">B. oleracea</emphasis>
var.
<emphasis id="B931EA923E6CFFF6576E3679FC13FD4E" box="[860,937,620,646]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">italica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C454D033E6CFFF6578B3679FBAEFD4E" ID-CoL="667JH" box="[953,1044,620,646]" class="Liliopsida" family="Amaryllidaceae" genus="Allium" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asparagales" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="cepa">
<emphasis id="B931EA923E6CFFF6578B3679FBAEFD4E" box="[953,1044,620,646]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">A. cepa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C454D033E6CFFF650163679FB75FD4E" ID-CoL="4TWQL" box="[1060,1231,620,646]" class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Saccharum" kingdom="Plantae" order="Poales" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="officinarum">
<emphasis id="B931EA923E6CFFF650163679FB75FD4E" box="[1060,1231,620,646]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">S. officinarum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C454D033E6CFFF650D23679FAD8FD4E" ID-CoL="WVWV" box="[1248,1378,620,646]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Rubiaceae" genus="Coffea" kingdom="Plantae" order="Gentianales" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="arabica">
<emphasis id="B931EA923E6CFFF650D23679FAD8FD4E" box="[1248,1378,620,646]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">C. arabica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="4C454D033E6CFFF655183685FE6BFD61" ID-CoL="44NQ3" box="[298,465,656,681]" class="Liliopsida" family="Musaceae" genus="Musa" kingdom="Plantae" order="Zingiberales" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="acuminata">
<emphasis id="B931EA923E6CFFF655183685FE6BFD61" box="[298,465,656,681]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">M. acuminata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFA36803E6CFFF654C536AAFE0FFB6A" blockId="30.[247,1386,703,1186]" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">
In urban areas it is a pest in houses and was collected in gardens, trash cans, stands of
<taxonomicName id="4C454D033E6CFFF654C536F7FE38FD34" ID-CoL="3H4BB" box="[247,386,738,764]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Malvaceae" genus="Gossypium" kingdom="Plantae" order="Malvales" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="darwinii">
<emphasis id="B931EA923E6CFFF654C536F7FE38FD34" box="[247,386,738,764]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">G. darwinii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<emphasis id="B931EA923E6CFFF655A736F7FD74FD34" box="[405,718,738,764]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">
<taxonomicName id="4C454D033E6CFFF655A736F7FDA4FD34" box="[405,542,738,764]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Cucurbitaceae" genus="Citrullus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Cucurbitales" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="sinensis">C. sinensis</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C454D033E6CFFF6561D36F7FD74FD34" ID-CoL="5V52F" box="[559,718,738,764]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Annonaceae" genus="Annona" kingdom="Plantae" order="Magnoliales" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="cherimola">A. cherimola</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C454D033E6CFFF656D336F7FCC9FD34" ID-CoL="4Z9VV" box="[737,883,738,764]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Anacardiaceae" genus="Spondias" kingdom="Plantae" order="Sapindales" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="purpurea">
<emphasis id="B931EA923E6CFFF656D336F7FCC9FD34" box="[737,883,738,764]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">S. purpurea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C454D033E6CFFF657B536F6FB9CFD34" ID-CoL="4T27V" box="[903,1062,739,764]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Euphorbiaceae" genus="Ricinus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Malpighiales" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="communis">
<emphasis id="B931EA923E6CFFF657B536F6FB9CFD34" box="[903,1062,739,764]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">R. communis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C454D033E6CFFF6500B36F7FB1EFD34" ID-CoL="7SBY3" box="[1081,1188,738,764]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Rutaceae" genus="Citrus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Sapindales" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="limon">
<emphasis id="B931EA923E6CFFF6500B36F7FB1EFD34" box="[1081,1188,738,764]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">C. limon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C454D033E6CFFF6508A36F6FADBFD34" ID-CoL="NYF8" baseAuthorityName="BOADA" baseAuthorityYear="2005" box="[1208,1377,738,764]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Burseraceae" genus="Bursera" kingdom="Plantae" order="Sapindales" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="graveolens">
<emphasis id="B931EA923E6CFFF6508A36F6FADBFD34" box="[1208,1377,738,764]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">B. graveolens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C454D033E6CFFF654C53713FE15FCD7" ID-CoL="6RQNL" box="[247,431,773,799]" class="Liliopsida" family="Musaceae" genus="Musa" kingdom="Plantae" order="Zingiberales" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="paradisiaca">
<emphasis id="B931EA923E6CFFF654C53713FE15FCD7" box="[247,431,773,799]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">M. paradisiaca</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and mangroves. Nests of
<taxonomicName id="4C454D033E6CFFF656C03710FC51FCD7" baseAuthorityName="Fabricius" baseAuthorityYear="1804" box="[754,1003,773,799]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Campanulaceae" genus="Solenopsis" kingdom="Plantae" order="Asterales" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="geminata">
<emphasis id="B931EA923E6CFFF656C03710FC51FCD7" box="[754,1003,773,799]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Solenopsis geminata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
occur in soil, on rocks, in open areas, on the edges of the roads, under stones, and in rotten trunks and roots of plants (e.g.
<taxonomicName id="4C454D033E6CFFF654C53759FE01FCAD" ID-CoL="3P59K" box="[247,443,844,869]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Lamiaceae" genus="Hyptis" kingdom="Plantae" order="Lamiales" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="pectinata">
<emphasis id="B931EA923E6CFFF654C53759FE01FCAD" box="[247,443,844,869]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Hyptis pectinata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(L.) Doit. and
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). This species often builds galleries on the bark of orange trees in agricultural areas, and constructs small tunnels under soil.
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is considered one of the most invasive species in
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and a major threat to the terrestrial fauna (
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, 2011a;
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). It has been the target of several control programs (
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). The species is probably continuously reintroduced into
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, as it has been intercepted in cargo holds of aircrafts arriving from Quito and Guayaquil and on several occasions from cargo holds of ships coming from the Guayaquil ports (ABG, personal communication). Ants have been collected from tourist boats traveling between the islands (
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).
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