Introduced ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of mainland France and Belgium, with a focus on greenhouses ...

The monitoring of introduced species is becoming more important as global trade intensifies. Although ants make up a larger proportion of species on the list of the most invasive species in the world compared with other groups, little is known about the occurrence of those introduced in France, especially inside heated buildings. Here we review the literature available for mainland France and Belgium and report the results of a survey conducted with the help of tropical building managers between 2014 and 2016. We report for the first time in France the presence of Technomyrmex vitiensis and Pl... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Rumsaïs Blatrix
Colin, Théotime
Wegnez, Philippe
Galkowski, Christophe
Geniez, Philippe
Dokumenttyp: dataset
Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
Verlag/Hrsg.: Taylor & Francis
Schlagwörter: Evolutionary Biology / FOS: Biological sciences / 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified / FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences / Ecology / 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified / 110309 Infectious Diseases / FOS: Health sciences
Sprache: unknown
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28970626
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Link(s) : https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.6865484

The monitoring of introduced species is becoming more important as global trade intensifies. Although ants make up a larger proportion of species on the list of the most invasive species in the world compared with other groups, little is known about the occurrence of those introduced in France, especially inside heated buildings. Here we review the literature available for mainland France and Belgium and report the results of a survey conducted with the help of tropical building managers between 2014 and 2016. We report for the first time in France the presence of Technomyrmex vitiensis and Plagiolepis alluaudi in multiple greenhouses. Technomyrmex difficilis was also found in one greenhouse for the first time in Europe. The diversity of introduced ants in greenhouses is very low, and these buildings are most often dominated by one or two species. We compared the most recent data and those collected throughout the twentieth century and showed that ant communities have changed substantially. Greenhouses could ...