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Fire Ant

Solenopsis geminata (Fabricius 1804)

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Solenopsis geminata (Fire Ant) is a species of Hymenoptera in the family ants. They are native to Saint Kitts And Nevis, Barbados, Venezuela, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, Guyana, Grenada, Panama, Puerto Rico, Saint Lucia, Haiti, Guatemala, Cuba, Dominica, Nicaragua, Colombia, Honduras, Virgin Islands, U.s., Central America, Costa Rica, Saint Vincent And The Grenadines, The Bahamas, Jamaica, Brazil, United States, Trinidad And Tobago, Martinique, The Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Bolivia, and Belize. They are diurnal.

URI: http://www.geonames.org/3575174

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URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q906470
Definition: animal behavior characterized by activity during the day, with a period of inactivity at night.

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EOL has data for 14 attributes, including:

Body symmetry
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/body_symmetry
- Definition: overall repetitive or reflective pattern in the body of one individual of this taxon. eg: bilateral symmetry, rotational symmetry, radial symmetry
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bilaterally symmetric
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001324
- Definition: being symmetric about a plane running from frontal end to caudal end (head to tail), and having nearly identical right and left halves
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host of
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002453
- Attribution: From OBO Relation Ontology
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Orasema taii
behavioral circadian rhythm
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/VT_0001502
- Definition: Any measurable or observable behavioral characteristic related to a daily biological activity cycle.
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diurnal
- URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q906470
- Definition: animal behavior characterized by activity during the day, with a period of inactivity at night.
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cellularity
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001992
- Definition: An organismal quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting cells. [ PATOC:GVG ]
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multicellular
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001993
- Definition: A cellularity quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting of more than one cell. [ PATOC:GVG ]
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developmental mode
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/DevelopmentalMode
- Definition: Broad recognized categories describing development, the process by which organisms grow and mature
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holometabolous
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/holometabolous
- Definition: Development of insects with complete metamorphosis which involves a pupal stage.
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eats
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002470
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Labidura riparia (Pallas 1773) (giant earwig, tawny earwig)
geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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Cambodia
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/1831722
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habitat
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002303
- Definition: x has habitat y if: x is an organism, y is a habitat, and y can sustain and allow the growth of a population of x
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pasture
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000266
- Definition: Grassland used for grazing of ungulate livestock as part of a farm or ranch.
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native range includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/NativeRange
- Definition: Lists jurisdictions in which a given organism is a member of the undisturbed fauna or flora.
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Nicaragua
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/3617476
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preys on
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002439
- Definition: An interaction relationship involving a predation process, where the subject kills the target in order to eat it or to feed to siblings, offspring or group members
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Deltochilum (Hybomidium) lobipes Bates 1887
type specimen repository
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/TypeSpecimenRepository
- Definition: The institution that holds a type specimen for a given species. The recommended best practice is to use the identifier in a collections registry such as the Biodiversity Collections Index (http://www.biodiversitycollectionsindex.org/).
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NHMUK
wing morphology
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/WingMorphology
- Definition: Qualities pertaining to the size, shape or structure of the wing.
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secondarily apterous
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/secondarilyApterous
- Definition: The absence of wings in organisms that are descended from winged ancestors.
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Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Fire ant. View this species on GBIF

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Fire ant includes 2 children: