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Plagiolepis alluaudi
(Formicidae)

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Identification

Key to ant species in Hawaii
13 physical characteristics are the basis of this computer-assisted key for identifying the 48 species of ants in Hawaii.

Taxonomy & nomenclature

ITIS nomenclature info for Plagiolepis alluaudi
Nomenclatural information about Plagiolepis alluaudi is provided by ITIS.

Plagiolepis alluaudi (Emery, 1894) taxonomy from ITIS
ITIS, the Integrated Taxonomic Information System, lists taxonomic data for Plagiolepis alluaudi and allows searches of other databases.

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.

Images

Plagiolepis alluaudi images and description from JAnt
Images of Plagiolepis alluaudi, its description and distribution in Japan are on this Japanese Ant Database page.

Plagiolepis alluaudi images from AntWeb
This AntWeb site allows comparisons of close-up images of individuals within the species Plagiolepis alluaudi.

Distribution

Insects and other invertebrates from Laysan Island (1963) View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
This paper provides an annotated list of the insects and other invertebrates recorded from Laysan Island in the Leeward Chain of the Hawaiian Islands. Historical records and references for several ant species are included.

Checklist of the ants of Fiji (Bishop Museum Occasional Papers, 2006). View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
This checklist of the ants of Fiji includes 138 currently valid species and subspecies: 91 Fijian endemics, 22 wide-ranging Pacific natives, and 25 exotics.

Full-text articles

A contribution to the taxonomy, distribution and biology of the vagrant ant, Plagiolepis alluaudi Emery. (1958)
The introduction, ecology, and identification of Plagiolepis alluaudi are provided in this early article from the Journal of the New York Entomological Society.

The role of opportunity in the unintentional introduction of nonnative ants (Proceedings National Academy of Science)
The authors study ant species unintentionally transported into the US and relate opportunity and species-level ecological attributes to the probability of establishment.

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