Argentine ant records wanted

     I am currently working on a paper concerning the worldwide distribution of the Argentine ant, Linepithema humile. I would appreciate it if you could send me any site records you have. I am particularly interested in any records from Asia, North Africa, and the eastern Mediterranean (e.g., Slovenia, Croatia, Greece, Cyprus, and Turkey).
     This is part of a larger project; I have been compiling site records for 23 tramp ants and plotting distribution maps. If you have sites records for any of the species, I would be happy to add this information to my database. I plan to publish the Anoplolepis data soon very soon. The rest I will publish as soon as they are in decent shape. Here is where my project stands. I can send current pdf maps on request.

GIS data so far
Anoplolepis gracilipes (long-legged ant) 721 sites (26 April 2004)
Cardiocondyla emeryi 217 sites (26 April 2004)
Cardiocondyla nuda 149 sites (26 April 2004)
Hypoponera punctatissima 137 sites (26 April 2004)
Linepithema humile (Argentine ant) 1133 sites (26 April 2004)
Monomorium destructor (Singapore ant) 204 sites (26 April 2004)
Monomorium floricola (floral ant) 383 sites (26 April 2004)
Monomorium pharaonis (Pharaoh ant) 238 sites (27 April 2004)
Paratrechina bourbonica (crazy ant) 229 sites (26 April 2004)
Paratrechina fulva (crazy ant) 36 sites (22 April 2004)
Paratrechina longicornis (crazy ant) 801 sites (26 April 2004)
Pheidole megacephala (big-headed ant) 522 sites (26 April 2004)
Pheidole moerens (Caribbean big-headed ant) 82 sites (26 April 2004)
Pseudomyrmex gracilis (Mexican twig ant) 1120 sites (27 April 2004)
Solenopsis geminata (tropical fire ant) 679 sites (26 April 2004)
Solenopsis invicta (red imported fire ant) 789 sites (27 April 2004)
Tapinoma melanocephalum (ghost ant) 491 sites (23 April 2004)
Technomyrmex albipes (white-footed ant) 486 sites (27 April 2004)
Tetramorium bicarinatum (Guinea ant) 366 sites (27 April 2004)
Tetramorium caespitum (pavement ant) 446 sites (27 April 2004)
Tetramorium lanuginosum (downy ant) 156 sites (25 April 2004)
Tetramorium simillimum (groove-head ant) 246 sites (27 April 2004)
Wasmannia auropunctata (little fire ant) 453 sites (27 April 2004)

Other species that I may add
Brachymyrmex obscurior, Monomorium minimum, Paratrechina guatemalensis, Paratrechina vaga, Paratrechina vividula, Pheidole fervens, Plagiolepis alluaudi, Solenopsis molesta, Solenopsis richteri, Strumigenys rogeri, Tetramorium caldarium

Jim Wetterer
wetterer@fau.edu
James K. Wetterer
Professor

Honors College
Florida Atlantic University
5353 Parkside Drive
Jupiter, FL 33458

wetterer@fau.edu
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