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Anoplolepis longipes
(Formicidae)

   
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Species description or overview

Long legged ant, Anoplolepis longipes (Jerdon) information from the Urban Knowledge Master.
The biology, behavior, and control of Anoplolepis longipes are presented in this University of Hawaii informational bulletin.

Taxonomy & nomenclature

Anoplolepis longipes information from ITIS
The Integrated Taxonomic Information System ITIS provides authoritative taxonomic information on Anoplolepis longipes, as well as other plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world.

See also these taxa

Anoplolepis gracilipes (Formicidae): species information from HEAR
Categorized information about Anoplolepis gracilipes (Formicidae) is presented by the Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR).

Impacts

Invasive species in the Pacific: A technical review and draft regional strategy (2000) View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
The status of invasive plants, vertebrates, arthropods, molluscs, and crustaceans, and options for a regional invasive species strategy for the South Pacific are presented in this series of articles from the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme, 2000.

The effect of alien predatory ants on Hawaiian endemic spiders (abstract, Pacific Science, 1993)
Alien ants may prey on native spiders, limiting the spiders' distribution in native and disturbed forests.

Introduced species in Hawaii: Hymenoptera: Formicidae
The factors that make the Argentine ant, the long legged ant, and the big-headed ant successful and detrimental invaders in Hawaii are discussed in this senior seminar presentation from Earlham College.

Prevention

Change in Quarantine Action Policy for Ants Intercepted from Commodities Destined to the State of Hawaii
A policy change regarding quarantine action for ants intercepted from commodities in Hawaii is detailed here. The revised policy went into effect 10 April 2002.

Images

Ants in Hawaii images
Images of many ant species found in Hawaii are on this page of photos taken by Neil Reimer, Hawaii State Department of Agriculture.

Distribution

Invasive species in the Pacific: A technical review and draft regional strategy (2000) View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
The status of invasive plants, vertebrates, arthropods, molluscs, and crustaceans, and options for a regional invasive species strategy for the South Pacific are presented in this series of articles from the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme, 2000.

Full-text articles

Ants prey on stinkbug eggs in Hawaiian macadamia nut fields View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
Predation on sentinel egg masses of stinkbug by the big-headed ant, Pheidole megacephala and the longlegged ant, Anoplolepis longipes affected population dynamics of the stinkbug in macadamia fields in Hawaii.

Invasive species in the Pacific: A technical review and draft regional strategy
South Pacific Regional Environmental Programme (SPREP). Sherley, Greg (ed.) . 2000. Invasive species in the Pacific: A technical review and draft regional strategy. Apia, Samoa: South Pacific Regional Environment Programme. ISBN: 982-04-0214-X.

Maui Offshore Islet Botanical Survey
Starr, F., K. Starr, and Wood K. 2006. Maui Offshore Islet Botanical Survey. Report prepared for State Department of Land and Natural Resources and the Offshore Islet Restoration Committee, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Discussion forums

Pacific Ant Group e-mail list (PAG-L@HAWAII.EDU)
The Pacific Ant Group discussion forum facilitates communication toward preventing establishment of Red Imported fire ant and other invasive ants on Pacific islands.

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