Studies on species composition, seasonal abundance, food preferences and control of structure-infesting ants in student housings in Universiti Sains Malaysia, Pulau Pinang
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2007
Authors
Basari, Norasmah
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A study on species composition, seasonal abundance, food preferences
and control of structure-infesting ants was carried out in students housing in
Universiti Sains Malaysia, Pulau Pinang. The study was conducted for a period of
13 months began on January 2005 until January 2006. Two multi-level buildings
were chosen in this study namely H13, Desasiswa Bakti Permai and International
House, an 8 and 6-storey building respectively.
Eleven ant species were found belonging to 9 genera and 4 subfamilies
inhabiting in the buildings and they were Camponatus sp., Monomorium
destructor (Jerdon), Monomorium floricola (Jerdon), Monomorium pharaonis
(Linnaeus.), Odontoponera sp., Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille), Pheidole
megacephala (Fabricius), Solenopsis geminata (Fabricius), Tapinoma
melanocephalum (Fabricius), Tetramorium sp. and Technomyrmex sp. H13,
Bakti Permai building recorded the highest diversity of ants when compared to
International House. The dominant ant species in the building were P. longicornis
and M. pharaonis. The highest numbers of ants were found on the ground floor in
H13, Bakti Permai while the highest number of ants recorded in International
House was on the fifth floor.
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Science , species composition , seasonal abundance , food preferences , structure-infesting ants