Red ant
Solenopsis saevissima
Classification
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Formicidae
Le mirex est un composé organochloré qui a été commercialisé comme retardateur de feu et comme insecticide puis interdit pour son impact environnemental. Ce solide, cristallin, blanc et inodore est un dérivé du cyclopentadiène. Il a été popularisé pour contrôler les fourmis de feu, mais en raison de sa robustesse chimique et de sa lipophilie, il a été reconnu comme un polluant bioaccumulable.
Fire ants are several species of ants in the genus Solenopsis, which includes over 200 species. Solenopsis are stinging ants, and most of their common names reflect this, for example, ginger ants and tropical fire ants. Many of the names shared by this genus are often used interchangeably to refer to other species of ant, such as the term red ant, mostly because of their similar coloration despite not being in the genus Solenopsis.
Solenopsis saevissima es una especie de hormiga del género Solenopsis, subfamilia Myrmicinae. Distribución Esta especie se encuentra en Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, Guayana Francesa y Surinam.
Distribution
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