Physical Description
Diagnostic Description
E1 [endemic to California], E2 [endemic to California floristic province (Hickman, 1993)]
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These ground-dwelling ants are infrequently encountered in natural habitats of California, except P. hystrix Trager , a desert species. P. vividula (Nylander) is common in many urban locations, and behaves like an introduced species, although it is assumed to be native to Mexico (Trager 1984b). A second tramp species, P. longicornis (Latreille) , of Old World origin, is established at some locations in southern California.
Species identification: keys in Trager (1984). Additional references: Creighton (1950a), MacKay (1998), Smith (1965), Saporito et al. (2004), Wetterer et al. (1999).
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Paratrechina Motschulsky , 1863: Bull. Soc. Nat. Moscou 36(3):13.
Type-species: Paratrechina currens Motschulsky , 1863: Bull. Soc. Nat. Moscou 36(3): 14.
Distribution: Palaearctic, Ethiopian, Oriental, Australian, Polynesian, Nearctic & Neotropical regions.
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Molecular Biology and Genetics
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Locations of barcode samples
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Statistics of barcoding coverage
| Specimen Records: | 236 |
| Specimens with Sequences: | 206 |
| Specimens with Barcodes: | 181 |
| Public Records: | 7 |
| Species: | 31 |
| Species With Barcodes: | 25 |
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Molecular Biology
Statistics of barcoding coverage: Paratrechina MAS006
Public Records: 0
Species: 32
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Paratrechina MAS005
Public Records: 0
Species: 30
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Paratrechina MAS004
Public Records: 0
Species: 27
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Paratrechina MAS003
Public Records: 0
Species: 3
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Paratrechina MAS002
Public Records: 0
Species: 4
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Paratrechina MAS001
Public Records: 0
Species: 3
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Paratrechina europa_sp1
Public Records: 0
Species: 6
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Paratrechina nova_sp1
Public Records: 0
Species: 7
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Paratrechina makay_sp1
Public Records: 0
Species: 8
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Paratrechina PARA 010
Public Records: 0
Species: 2
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Paratrechina PARA 009
Public Records: 0
Species: 1
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Paratrechina FJ03
Public Records: 0
Species: 1
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Paratrechina 002
Public Records: 0
Species: 1
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Paratrechina 001
Public Records: 0
Species: 1
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Paratrechina 003
Public Records: 0
Species: 1
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Wikipedia
Paratrechina
- There is also an ant from a different genus called "Yellow crazy ant", Anoplolepis gracilipes.
Paratrechina is an ant genus from the subfamily Formicinae (Tribe Plagiolepidini). There are over 150 described species and subspecies, some of which occur on every continent (except Antarctica). They form large colonies in open soil or under rocks or other objects, or in rotten wood on the ground.
Specifically Paratrechina longicornis occurs around the world, involuntarily transferred by humans, and is a common house pest in tropical climates. It is commonly called the crazy ant, for its erratic movement. The ants were included in Biosphere 2,[1] ultimately overrunning the experiment.[2]
An infestation of an unidentified species of Paratrechina, tentatively called Paratrechina species near pubens, is occurring in and around Houston, Texas, United States.
Species
- Paratrechina albipes (Emery, 1899)
- Paratrechina amblyops (Forel, 1892)
- Paratrechina anthracina (Roger, 1863)
- Paratrechina arenivaga (Wheeler, 1905)
- Paratrechina arlesi Bernard, 1953
- Paratrechina aseta (Forel, 1902)
- Paratrechina assimilis (Jerdon, 1851)
- Paratrechina austroccidua Trager, 1984
- Paratrechina birmana (Forel, 1902)
- Paratrechina bourbonica (Forel, 1886)
- Paratrechina brasiliensis (Mayr, 1862)
- Paratrechina braueri (Mayr, 1868)
- Paratrechina bruesii (Wheeler, 1903)
- Paratrechina burgesi Trager, 1984
- Paratrechina butteli (Forel, 1913)
- Paratrechina caeciliae (Forel, 1899)
- Paratrechina caledonica (Forel, 1902)
- Paratrechina cisipa Smith & Lavigne, 1973
- Paratrechina clandestina (Mayr, 1870)
- Paratrechina colchica Pisarski, 1960
- Paratrechina comorensis (Forel, 1907)
- Paratrechina concinna Trager, 1984
- Paratrechina consuta (Wheeler, 1935)
- Paratrechina darlingtoni (Wheeler, 1936)
- Paratrechina dichroa Karavaiev, 1933
- Paratrechina dispar (Forel, 1909)
- Paratrechina dugasi (Forel, 1911)
- Paratrechina emarginata (Forel, 1913)
- Paratrechina faisonensis (Forel, 1922)
- Paratrechina flavipes (Smith, 1874)
- Paratrechina foreli (Emery, 1914)
- Paratrechina formosae (Forel, 1912)
- Paratrechina fulva (Mayr, 1862)
- Paratrechina glabra (Forel, 1891)
- Paratrechina goeldii (Forel, 1912)
- Paratrechina gracilis (Forel, 1892)
- Paratrechina grisoni (Forel, 1916)
- Paratrechina guatemalensis (Forel, 1885)
- Paratrechina hubrechti (Emery, 1922)
- Paratrechina humbloti (Forel, 1891)
- Paratrechina hystrix Trager, 1984
- Paratrechina incallida (Santschi, 1915)
- Paratrechina indica (Forel, 1894)
- Paratrechina iridescens (Donisthorpe, 1942)
- Paratrechina jaegerskioeldi (Mayr, 1904)
- Paratrechina johannae (Forel, 1912)
- Paratrechina kohli (Forel, 1916)
- Paratrechina koningsbergeri Karavaiev, 1933
- Paratrechina kraepelini (Forel, 1905)
- Paratrechina lecamopteridis Donisthorpe, 1941
- Paratrechina lepida (Santschi, 1915)
- Paratrechina lietzi (Forel, 1908)
- Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille, 1802)
- Paratrechina madagascarensis (Forel, 1886)
- Paratrechina manni Donisthorpe, 1941
- Paratrechina mendica Menozzi, 1942
- Paratrechina mexicana (Forel, 1899)
- Paratrechina microps (Smith, 1937)
- Paratrechina minutula (Forel, 1901)
- Paratrechina mixta (Forel, 1897)
- Paratrechina myops (Mann, 1920)
- Paratrechina nana Santschi, 1928
- Paratrechina nettae (Forel, 1911)
- Paratrechina nodifera (Mayr, 1870)
- Paratrechina nuggeti Donisthorpe, 1941
- Paratrechina obscura (Mayr, 1862)
- Paratrechina oceanica (Mann, 1921)
- Paratrechina opaca (Emery, 1887)
- Paratrechina pallida Donisthorpe, 1947
- Paratrechina parvula (Mayr, 1870)
- Paratrechina pearsei (Wheeler, 1938)
- Paratrechina perminuta (Buckley, 1866)
- Paratrechina phantasma Trager, 1984
- Paratrechina picta Wheeler, 1927
- Paratrechina pieli Santschi, 1928
- Paratrechina pubens (Forel, 1893)
- Paratrechina pusillima Emery, 1922
- Paratrechina rosae (Forel, 1902)
- Paratrechina sakurae (Ito, 1914)
- Paratrechina sauteri (Forel, 1913)
- Paratrechina sharpii (Forel, 1899)
- Paratrechina sikorae (Forel, 1892)
- Paratrechina silvestrii (Emery, 1906)
- Paratrechina simpliciuscula (Emery, 1896)
- Paratrechina sindbadi Pisarski, 1960
- Paratrechina smythiesii (Forel, 1894)
- Paratrechina staudingeri (Forel, 1912)
- Paratrechina steinheili (Forel, 1893)
- Paratrechina subtilis (Santschi, 1920)
- Paratrechina tapinomoides (Forel, 1905)
- Paratrechina tasmaniensis (Forel, 1913)
- Paratrechina taylori (Forel, 1894)
- Paratrechina teranishii Santschi, 1937
- Paratrechina terricola (Buckley, 1866)
- Paratrechina tjibodana Karavaiev, 1929
- Paratrechina tococae Wheeler & Bequaert, 1929
- Paratrechina traegaordhi (Forel, 1904)
- Paratrechina vaga (Forel, 1901)
- Paratrechina vagabunda Motschoulsky, 1863
- Paratrechina vitiensis (Mann, 1921)
- Paratrechina vividula (Nylander, 1846)
- Paratrechina waelbroecki (Emery, 1899)
- Paratrechina weissi (Santschi, 1911)
- Paratrechina wojciki Trager, 1984
- Paratrechina yerburyi (Forel, 1894)
- Paratrechina zelotypa (Santschi, 1915)
References
- ^ Broad, William J. (1996-11-19). "Paradise Lost: Biosphere Retooled as Atmospheric Nightmare". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE2D9133AF93AA25752C1A960958260.
- ^ Arenson, Karen W. (2003-09-09). "Columbia University Ends Its Association With Biosphere 2". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C02E7D6173BF93AA3575AC0A9659C8B63.
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