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    Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Santa Cruz Island, California

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    Ants; Hymenoptera; Formicidae; Santa Cruz Island; California
    Author
    Wetterer, James K.; Ward, Phillip S.; Wetterer, rea L.; Longino, John T.; Trager, James C.; Miller, Scott E.
    Journal Title
    Scas: Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences
    Volume
    99
    Issue
    scas/vol99/iss1; 1
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    https://scholar.oxy.edu/handle/20.500.12711/11290
    Abstract
    We conducted ant surveys on Santa Cruz Island, the largest of the California Channel Islands, in 1975/6, 1984, 1993, and 1998. Our surveys yielded a combined total of 34 different ant species: Brachymyrmex cf. depilis, Camponotus anthrax, C clarithorax, C hyatti, C. Semite staceus, C vicinus, C. sp. near vicinus, C yogi, Cardiocondyla ectopia, Crematogaster califomica, C. hespera, C. marioni, C mormonum, Dorymyrmex bicolor, D. insanus (s.l.), Formica lasioides, F. moki, Hypoponera opacior, Leptothorax andrei, L. nevadensis, Linepithema humile, Messor chamberlini, Monomorium ergatogyna, Pheidole californica, P. hyatti, Pogonomyrmex subdentatus, Polyergus sp., Prenolepis imparis, Pseudomyrmex apache, Solenopsis molesta (s.L), Stenamma diecki, S. snellingi, S. cf. diecki, and Tapinoma sessile. The ant species form a substantial subset of the mainland California ant fauna. We found only two ant species that are not native to North America, C. ectopia and L. humile. Linepithema humile, the Argentine ant, is a destructive tramp ant that poses a serious threat to native ants.
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