Selected References for Neivamyrmex nigrescens (Cresson) from Formis 2001

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Blum, M.S., and H.R. Hermann. 1978. "Venoms and venom apparatuses of the Formicidae: Myrmeciinae, Ponerinae, Doylinae, Pseudomyrmecinae, Myrmicinae, and Formicinae." Pp. 801-869 in Handbuch der Experimentellen Pharmakologie.

Borgmeier, T. 1958. "Neue Beitraege zur Kenntnis der ecitophilen Staphyliniden (Col.)." Stud. Entomol. 1:225-246.

 

Bradshaw, J.W.S., and P.E. Howse. 1984. "Sociochemicals of ants." Pp. 429-473 in Chemical ecology of insects, edited by W.J. Bell, and R.T. Carde. Chapman & Hall.

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—. 1904. "On the relations of certain myrmecophiles to their host ants." Psyche 11:21-22.

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Camilo, G.R., and S.A. Phillips, Jr. 1990. "Evolution of ant communities in response to invasion by the fire ant Solenopsis invicta." Pp. 190-198 in Applied myrmecology: a world perspective, edited by R.K. Vander Meer, K. Jaffe, and A. Cedeno. Westview Press.

Carroll, C.R., and D.H. Janzen. 1973. "Ecology of foraging by ants." Annu. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 4:231-257.

Carter, W.G. 1962. "Ant distribution in North Carolina." J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc. 78:150-204.

Cokendolpher, J.C. 1990. "The ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of western Texas. Part III. Additions and corrections.". Special Publications, The Museum, Texas Tech University number 31, 19 p.

Cokendolpher, J.C., and O.F. Francke. 1990. "The ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of western Texas. Part II. Subfamilies Ecitoninae, Ponerinae, Pseudomyrmecinae, Dolichoderinae, and Formicinae.". Special Publications, The Museum, Texas Tech University number 30, p. 1-76.

Droual, R. 1982. "Sex ratios in the ant Pheidole desertorum." Am. Zool. 22:971.

DuBois, M.B. 1985. "Distribution of ants in Kansas: subfamilies Ponerinae, Ecitoninae, and Myrmicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Sociobiology 11:153-187.

—. 1988. "Distribution of army ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Illinois." Entomol. News 99:157-160.

—. 1994. "Checklist of Kansas ants." Kans. Sch. Nat. 40(2):3-16.

DuBois, M.B., and W.E. LaBerge. 1988. "Annotated list of ants in Illinois (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Pp. 133-156 in Advances in myrmecology, edited by J.C. Trager. E. J. Brill.

Dumpert, K. 1978. Das Sozialleben der Ameisen. Paul Parey.

—. 1981. The social biology of ants. [Translated by C. Johnson.]. Pitman.

Eastlake Chew, A., and R.M. Chew. 1980. "Body size as a determinant of small-scale distributions of ants in evergreen woodland southeastern Arizona." Insect. Soc. 27:189-202.

Feener, D.H., Jr. 1986. "Alarm-recruitment behaviour in Pheidole militicida (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Ecol. Entomol. 11:67-74.

Gabba, A., and M. Pavan. 1970. "Researches on trail and alarm substances in ants." Pp. 161-195 in Advances in chemoreception. Vol. 1. Communication by chemical signals., edited by J.W. Johnston, Jr., D.G. Moulton, and A. Turk. Appleton-Century-Crofts.

Gehlbach, F.R., J.F. Watkins, II., and J.C. Kroll. 1971. "Pheromone trail-following studies of typhlopid, leptotyphopid, and colubrid snakes." Behaviour 40:282-294.

Gorham, J.R. 1991. "Arthropod pests of the food industry: A list and taxonomic bibliography.". In Gorham, J.R. (Ed.), Insect and Mite Pests in Food: An Illustrated Key.  USDA, ARS, & USHHS, PHS, FDA., Washington, D.C.  Agricultural Handbook 655, Vol. 1 & 2., p. 651-741..

Haynes, K.F., and M.C. Birch. 1985. "The role of other pheromones, allomones, and kairomones in the behavioral responses of insects." Pp. 225-255 in Comprehensive insect physiology, biochemistry & pharmacology. Vol. 9, Behaviour, edited by G.A. Kerkut, and L.I. Gilbert. Pergamon Press.

Hess, C.G. 1958. "The ants of Dallas County, Texas, and their nesting sites; with particular reference to soil texture as an ecological factor." Field Lab. 26:3-72.

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Howse, P.E. 1984. "Alarm, defence and chemical ecology of social insects." Pp. 151-167 in Insect communication, edited by T. Lewis. 12th Symp. Roy. Entomol. Soc. London.  Academic Press.

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Jaffe, K. 1984. "Negentropy and the evolution of chemical recruitment in ants." J. Theor. Biol. 106:587-604.

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MacKay, W.P., D. Lowrie, A. Fisher, E.E. MacKay, and F. Barnes. 1988. "The ants of Los Alamos County, New Mexico (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Pp. 79-131 in Advances in myrmecology, edited by J.C. Trager. E. J. Brill.

McDonald, P., and H. Topoff. 1986. "The development of defensive behavior against predation by army ants." Dev. Psychobiol. 19:351-367.

Mirenda, J.T., D.G. Eakins, K. Gravelle, and H. Topoff. 1980. "Predatory behavior and prey selection by army ants in a desert-grassland habitat." Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 7:119-127.

Mirenda, J.T., D.G. Eakins, and H. Topoff. 1982. "Relationship of raiding and emigration in the Nearctic army ant Neivamyrmex nigrescens Cresson." Insect. Soc. 29:308-331.

Morris, J.R., and K.L. Steigman. 1993. "Effects of polygyne fire ant invasion on native ants of a blackland prairie in Texas." Southwest. Nat. 38:136-140.

Moser, J.C., and M.S. Blum. 1960. "The Formicidae of Louisiana." Insect Cond. La. 3:48-50.

Neece, K.C., and D.P. Bartell. 1982. "A faunistic survey of the organisms associated with ants of Western Texas.". Graduate studies Texas Tech University, No. 25, 36 p.

Parry, K., and E.D. Morgan. 1979. "Pheromones of ants: a review." Physiol. Entomol. 4:161-189.

Petralia, R.S., and S.B. Vinson. 1980 ("1979"). "Comparative anatomy of the ventral region of ant larvae, and its relation to feeding behavior." Psyche 86:375-394.

Phillips, S.A., Jr., W.M. Rogers, D.B. Wester, and L. Chandler. 1987. "Ordination analysis of ant faunae along the range expansion front of the red imported fire ant in south-central Texas." Tex. J. Agric. Nat. Resour. 1:11-15.

Plsek, R.W., J.C. Kroll, and J.F. Watkins, II. 1969. "Observations of carabid beetles, Helluomorphoides texanus, in columns of army ants and laboratory experiments on their behavior." J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 42:452-456.

Rettenmeyer, C.W., and R.D. Akre. 1968. "Ectosymbiosis between phorid flies and army ants." Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 61:1317-26.

Rissing, S.W., and G.B. Pollock. 1988. "Pleometrosis and polygyny in ants." Pp. 179-222 in Interindividual behavioral variability in social insects, edited by R.L. Jeanne. Westview Press.

Robinson, S.W., J.C. Moser, M.S. Blum, and E. Amante. 1974. "Laboratory investigations of the trail-following responses of four species of leaf-cutting ants with notes on the specificity of a trail pheromone of Atta texana (Buckley)." Insect. Soc. 21:87-94.

Schneirla, T.C. 1961. "The behavior and biology of certain Nearctic doryline ants--sexual broods and colony division in Neivamyrmex nigrescens." Z. Tierpsychol. 18:1-32.

Schumacher, A., and W.G. Whitford. 1976. "Spatial and temporal variation in Chihuahuan desert ant faunas." Southwest. Nat. 21:1-8.

Smith, M.R. 1965. "House-infesting ants of the eastern United States. Their recognition, biology, and economic importance." U. S. Dep. Agric. Tech. Bull. 1326:1-105.

Stradling, D.J. 1987. "Nutritional ecology of ants." Pp. 927-969 in Nutritional ecology of insects, mites, spiders, and related invertebrates, edited by F. Slansky, Jr., and J.G. Rodriguez. John Wiley & Sons.

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Sudd, J.H. 1967. An introduction to the behaviour of ants. E. Arnold.

Sudd, J.H., and N.R. Franks. 1987. The behavioural ecology of ants. Chapman & Hall.

Topoff, H.R. 1971. "Polymorphism in army ants related to division of labor and colony cyclic behavior." Am. Nat. 105:529-548.

—. 1972. "Techniques for minimizing the handling of ants in behavioral research: apparatus that functions as both collection devices and experimental chambers." Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 65:1428-1430.

—. 1975. "Behavioral changes in the army ant Neivamyrmex nigrescens during the nomadic and statary phases." J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 83:38-48.

—. 1982. "Behavioral ecology of the army ant Neivamyrmex nigrescens in a desert-grassland habitat.  [abstract]." Pp. 98-102 in The Biology of social insects. Proceedings of the Ninth Congress of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects, Boulder, Colorado, August 1982, edited by M.D. Breed, C.D. Michener, and H.E. Evans. Westview Press.

Topoff, H., M. Boshes, and W. Trakimas. 1970. "Trail following and its development in the army ant Neivamyrmex nigrescens (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dorylinae)." Am. Zool. 10:484-485.

—. 1972. "A comparison of trail following between callow and adult workers of the army ant (Neivamyrmex nigrescens (Formicidae: Dorylinae)." Anim. Behav. 20:361-366.

Topoff, H., and K. Lawson. 1979. "Orientation of the army ant Neivamyrmex nigrescens: integration of chemical and tactile information." Anim. Behav. 27:429-433.

Topoff, H., and J. Mirenda. 1975. "Trial-following by the army ant, Neivamyrmex nigrescens: responses by workers to volatile odors." Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 68:1044-1046.

—. 1978. "Precocial behaviour of callow workers of the army ant Neivamyrmex nigrescens: importance of stimulation by adults during mass recruitment." Anim. Behav. 26:698-706.

—. 1980a. "Army ants on the move: relation between food supply and emigration frequency." Science 207:1099-1100.

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Topoff, H., A. Rothstein, S. Pujdak, and T. Dahlstrom. 1981. "Statary behavior in nomadic colonies of army ants: the effect of overfeeding Neivamyrmex nigrescens, Arizona." Psyche 88:151-161.

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