Red Imported Fire Ant

Solenopsis invicta

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The red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta), also known as the fire ant or RIFA, is a species of ant native to South America. A member of the genus Solenopsis in the subfamily Myrmicinae, it was described by Swiss entomologist Felix Santschi as a variant in 1916. Its current name invicta was given to the ant in 1972 as a separate species. However, the variant and species were the same ant, and the name was preserved...

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  1. (c) Judy Gallagher, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY), https://www.flickr.com/photos/52450054@N04/44441592350/
  2. (c) Wikipedia, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_imported_fire_ant

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