Antkey

ID guide | introduced ants

Background document for the threat abatement plan to reduce the impacts of tramp ants on biodiversity in Australia and its territories

Publication Type:Report
Year of Publication:2006
Authors:Commonwealth of Australia
Institution:Commonwealth of Australia, Department of the Environment and Heritage, Canberra. 43 p.
Abstract:

*[At least 6 key tramp ant species are of national priority for their impact or potential impact on Australian biodiversity. They are: red imported fire ant Solenopsis invicta, yellow crazy ant Anoplolepis gracilipes, African big-headed ant Pheidole megacephala, Argentine ant Linepithema humile, little fire ant Wasmannia auropunctata, & tropical fire ant Solenopsis geminata.]

Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith