Ant fauna at ports on the Goto Islands : monitoring of alien ant species

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  • 五島列島の港のアリ相 : 外来アリのモニタリング
  • ゴシマ レットウ ノ ミナト ノ アリソウ : ガイライアリ ノ モニタリング

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In total 17 ant species belonging to 11 genera in 3 subfamilies were collected at 4 ports on the Goto Islands. In Fukue Port (Fukue-jima), the most ant species (14) were collected. Lasius japonicus, Tetramorium bicarinatum and T. tsushimae were collected in all of the 4 ports surveyed. Of the 17 species collected in this study, only 2 species, Pheidole indica and T. bicarinatum, were alien ant species. The dominant ant species measured by the frequency of occurrence at all of the honey baits (120) were T. tsushimae (0.27), followed by T. bicarinatum (0.10), L. japonicus (0.09) and Ph. indica (0.08). Similarity of species composition calculated by Nomura-Simpson’s Coefficient (NSC) was the greatest (0.88) between Fukue Port and Arikawa Port. T. tsushimae, Monomorium chinense, Ph. indica and Nylanderia amia were the dominant ant species at all of the honey baits (840) in the whole Kyushu region. These 4 species are the representative ant species at pots in the Kyushu region.

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  • Nature of Kagoshima

    Nature of Kagoshima 46 27-32, 2020-05-31

    鹿児島県自然環境保全協会

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