01711nas a2200157 4500008004100000245012900041210006900170300001200239490000700251520109200258100001801350700001501368700001901383700001601402856013501418 2003 eng d00aArthropods associated with above-ground portions of the invasive tree, Melaleuca quinquenervia, in South Florida, USA0 aArthropods associated with aboveground portions of the invasive  a300-3220 v863 a

*[Melaleuca quinquenervia (Cav.) S. T. Blake, the broad-leaved paperbark tree, has invaded ca. 202,000-ha in Florida, including portions of the Everglades National Park. We performed pre-release surveys in South Florida to determine if native or accidentally introduced arthropods exploit this invasive plant species and assess the potential for higher trophic levels to interfere with the establishment and success of future biological control agents. Here we quantify the abundance of arthropods present on the above-ground portions of saplings and small M. quinquenervia trees at 4 sites. Only 8 of the 328 arthropods collected were observed feeding on M. quinquenervia. Among the arthropods collected in the plants adventive range, 19 species are agricultural or horticultural pests. The high percentage of rare species (72.0%), presumed to be transient or merely resting on the foliage, and the paucity of species observed feeding on the weed, suggests that future biological control agents will face little, if any, competition from pre-existing plant-feeding arthropods.]

1 aCostello, S L1 aPratt, P D1 aRayamajhi, M B1 aCenter, T D uhttps://antkey.myspecies.info/en/content/arthropods-associated-above-ground-portions-invasive-treei-melaleuca-quinquenerviai-south00923nas a2200133 4500008004100000245005900041210005900100260005000159300001000209520045000219100001400669700001600683856009000699 1998 eng d00aComposition of the ant fauna of three Bahamian Islands0 aComposition of the ant fauna of three Bahamian Islands aSan Salvador, BahamasbBahamian Field Station a23-313 a

*[91 species are know from collecting & literature from Andros island (70 species), New Providence (69 species), & San Salvador (44 species). There are 36 introduced species. S. invicta collected on Andros island (in 1996), New Providence (in 1995), & San Salvador (in 1994). B. obscurior queens observed stowing away on a small plane going from Florida to San Salvador. Solenopsis laeviceps literature record questionable.]

1 aDeyrup, M1 aWilson, T K uhttps://antkey.myspecies.info/en/content/composition-ant-fauna-three-bahamian-islands00942nas a2200121 4500008004100000245006200041210005600103300001000159490000700169520053600176100001400712856009400726 2003 eng d00aAn updated list of Florida ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)0 aupdated list of Florida ants Hymenoptera Formicidae a43-480 v863 a

The Florida list (Deyrup, M.,Johnson, C.,Wheeler, G.C., & Wheeler, J.) published in1989 is replaced to accomodate 49 additional species now know from Florida, and 34 name changes in species already on the 1989 list. Currently, 218 species of ants are reliably reported from Florida. The native species Formica subsericea & Solenopsis xyloni, and the exotic species Myrmelachista ramulorum & Tetramorium lanuginosum have not been found in many years and may have been extirpated. Some taxonomic notes are given.

1 aDeyrup, M uhttps://antkey.myspecies.info/en/content/updated-list-florida-ants-hymenoptera-formicidae