Fire Ants (Solenopsis spp.) and Their Natural Enemies in Southern South America

We review the fire ant research conducted by the ARS-South American Biological Control Laboratory (SABCL) since 1987 to find a complex of natural enemies in southern South America and evaluate their specificity and suitability for field release as self-sustaining biological control agents. We also i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Juan Briano, Luis Calcaterra, Laura Varone
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Psyche: A Journal of Entomology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/198084