Book Review: Applied Myrmecology: A World Perspective by Robert K. Vander Meer, Jaffe Klaus, and Cedano Aragua

Authors

Arnold Van Pelt, Greensboro College, Greensboro, NC

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

March 1991

Comments

Published in Insecta Mundi. Copyright © 1991 by Van Pelt.

Insecta Mundi, published by the Center for Systematic Entomology, is available online at http://centerforsystematicentomology.org/.

Abstract

Applied Myrmecology provides a foundation for future concerted research efforts on economic intrusions of the ecologically diverse and abundant ants. Selections range from neurotoxins and behavior to ecology. One learns of "el venticuatro", an ant whose sting produces "the worst 24 hours of one's life", that "hormiga loca" prefers nesting under black plastic bags left in the fields when plants are transferred from nurseries, and that Pharaoh's ants transmit human diseases.