Solenopsis invicta publications

The most well studied ant in the world, at least in terms of publications that focus on or include this ant in their studies. Here is a page that contains a (very incomplete!) list of publications that include information and findings about Solenopsis invicta.

2015

Acosta-Avalos, D., A. T. Pinho, J. D. Barbosa, and N. Belova. 2015. Alternating Magnetic Fields of 60 Hz Affect Magnetic Orientation and Magnetosensitivity of Fire Ants. Journal of Insect Behavior. 28:664-673. doi:10.1007/s10905-015-9534-0
Allen, C. and S. M. Valles. 2015. Successful transcription but not translation or assembly of Solenopsis invicta virus 3 in a baculovirus-driven expression system. Florida Entomologist. 98(3):943-949. doi:10.1653/024.098.0321
Cheng, S. J., L. Zeng, and Y. J. Xu. 2015. Mutualism Between Fire Ants and Mealybugs Reduces Lady Beetle Predation. Journal of Economic Entomology. 108:1560-1569. doi:10.1093/jee/tov117
Fu, J. T., L. Tang, W. S. Li, K. Wang, D. M. Cheng, and Z. X. Zhang. 2015. Fumigant Toxicity and Repellence Activity of Camphor Essential Oil from Cinnamonum camphora Siebold Against Solenopsis invicta Workers (Hymenoptera:Formicidae). Journal of Insect Science. 15. doi:10.1093/jisesa/iev112
Oi, D. H., S. D. Porter, and S. M. Valles. 2015. A review of the biological control of fire ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecological News. 21:101-116.
Porter, S. D., S. M. Valles, and J. M. Gavilanez-Slone. 2015. Long-term efficacy of two cricket and two liver diets for rearing laboratory fire ant colonies (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Solenopsis invicta). Florida Entomologist. 98(3):991-993. doi:10.1653/024.098.0334
Qiu, H. L., L. H. Lu, Q. X. Shi, C. C. Tu, T. Lin, and Y. R. He. 2015. Differential necrophoric behaviour of the ant Solenopsis invicta towards fungal-infected corpses of workers and pupae. Bulletin of Entomological Research. 105:607-614. doi:10.1017/s0007485315000528
Reed, J. J., R. T. Puckett, and R. E. Gold. 2015. Induced Effects on Red Imported Fire Ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Forager Size Ratios by Pseudacteon spp. (Diptera: Phoridae): Implications on Bait Size Selection. Environmental Entomology. 44:1407-1416. doi:10.1093/ee/nvv118
Tian, Y. Q., D. M. Cheng, and Z. X. Zhang. 2015. Bioactivity of Cicuta virosa L. var. latisecta Celak. (Umbelliferae: Cicutal) against Red Imported Fire Ant under Laboratory and Field Conditions. Sociobiology. 62:351-355. doi:10.13102/sociobiology.v62i3.460
Valles, S. M. and S. D. Porter. 2015. Dose response of red imported fire ant colonies to Solenopsis invicta virus 3. Archives of Virology. 160:2407-2413. doi:10.1007/s00705-015-2520-1
Wang, L. and J. Chen. 2015. Fatty Amines from Little Black Ants, Monomorium minimum, and Their Biological Activities Against Red Imported Fire Ants, Solenopsis invicta. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 41:708-715. doi:10.1007/s10886-015-0609-3
Wang, L., B. Elliott, X. Jin, L. Zeng, and J. Chen. 2015. Antimicrobial properties of nest volatiles in red imported fire ants, Solenopsis invicta (hymenoptera: formicidae). The Science of Nature. 102:1-4. doi:10.1007/s00114-015-1316-1
Wang, L., L. Zeng, and J. Chen. 2015. Impact of imidacloprid on new queens of imported fire ants, Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Scientific Reports. 5. doi:10.1038/srep17938

2016

Huang, Y., S. Zhu, D. Tan, L. Zeng, L. Wang, and Y. Xu. 2016. Aggression of Solenopsis invicta towards other ants is not affected by colony rafting. Asian Myrmecology. 8:107-110. doi:10.20362/am.008007

2017

Kafle, L. and C. J. Shih. 2017. Insecticidal Activities of Compounds from Sweet Flag (Acorus calamus) against Red Imported Fire Ants Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology. 64:398-403. doi:10.13102/sociobiology.v64i4.1867
Pan, F. X., Y. Y. Lu, and L. Wang. 2017. Toxicity and sublethal effects of sulfoxaflor on the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 139:377-383. doi:10.1016/j.ecoenv.2017.02.014

2018

Roeder, K. A., D. V. Roeder, and M. Kaspari. 2018. The role of temperature in competition and persistence of an invaded ant assemblage. Ecological Entomology. 43:774-781. doi:10.1111/een.12663

2019

Kim, J. H., Y. Park, W. J. Kim, A. Y. Kim, P. Nguyen, D. P. Lyu, H. S. Lee, and Y. H. Koh. Developing molecular diagnostics for detection of red imported fire ants using two genes, Sinv11108 and Sinv11977. Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology. 2019;e21610:13 pages. doi:10.1002/arch.21610

Pandey, M., K. M. Addesso, R. S. Archer, S. M. Valles, F. Baysal-Gurel, P. F. Ganter, N. N. Youssef, and J. B. Oliver. 2019. Worker Size, Geographical Distribution, and Introgressive Hybridization of Invasive Solenopsis invicta and Solenopsis richteri (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Tennessee. Environmental Entomology. 48:727-732. doi:10.1093/ee/nvz023