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Tetramorium tsushimae, a New Invasive Ant in North America

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Combining molecular and morphological evidence, an invasive ant in Missouri and Illinois, USA, is identified as Tetramorium tsushimae Emery, 1925, a polygynous-polycalic species native to East Asia. T. tsushimae is recorded as invasive for the first time. RFLP and worker morphometrics provide tools for reliable determination. Mitochondrial DNA data reveal the probable geographic origin of the invasive populations to be Japan.

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  1. Department of Integrative Biology, Institute of Zoology, Boku, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences Vienna, Gregor-Mendel-Str. 33, 1180, Vienna, Austria

    Florian M. Steiner, Birgit C. Schlick-Steiner & Erhard Christian

  2. Department of Forest and Soil Sciences, Institute of Forest Entomology, Forest Pathology and Forest Protection, Boku, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences Vienna, Hasenauer Str. 38, 1190, Vienna, Austria

    Florian M. Steiner, Birgit C. Schlick-Steiner & Christian Stauffer

  3. Shaw Nature Reserve, P.O. Box 38, Gray Summit, MO, 63039, USA

    James C. Trager

  4. Department of Spatial-, Landscape-, and Infrastructure-Sciences, Institute of Applied Statistics and Computing, Boku, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences Vienna, Max-Emanuel-Str. 17, 1180, Vienna, Austria

    Karl Moder

  5. Zoology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Konstanz, Universitätsstr. 10, 78457, Konstanz, Germany

    Matthias Sanetra

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Steiner, F.M., Schlick-Steiner, B.C., Trager, J.C. et al. Tetramorium tsushimae, a New Invasive Ant in North America. Biol Invasions 8, 117–123 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-004-1249-7

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