Argentine ant in Hawaii

Author:: Zimmerman, Elwood C.
Title:: Argentine ant in Hawaii
Periodical:: Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society
Year:: 1941
Volume:: 11
Pages:: 108
Subject:: Ants Argentine ant Linepithema humile
Summary:: This document describes an abundant and widespread invasion of the Argentine ant, (Iridomyrmex humilis Myar), that occurred at Fort Shafter on the island of Oahu in Hawaii in the 1940s. It was predicted that if the Argentine ant secured a foothold in the islands, that it may not only exterminate the Pheidole megacephala but might also wipe out the indigenous ant fauna that exist below the 3000 foot elevation.
Label:: Insects - Ants
URL:: http://hdl.handle.net/10125/15915
Date:: 1941
Collection:: Periodicals