red imported fire ant

English

Noun

red imported fire ant (plural red imported fire ants)

1. Solenopsis invicta, a red ant native to South America that has become a pest in numerous other regions.

Synonyms

• RIFA

Translations

Solenopsis invicta

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 入侵紅火蟻 / 入侵红火蚁 (rùqīn hónghuǒyǐ), 紅火蟻 / 红火蚁 (zh) (hónghuǒyǐ)

• Finnish: punatulimuurahainen
• German: Rote Feuerameise f
• Russian: кра́сный о́гненный мураве́й m (krásnyj ógnennyj muravéj), мураве́й о́гненный и́мпортный кра́сный m (muravéj ógnennyj ímportnyj krásnyj)

Further reading

• red imported fire ant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Solenopsis invicta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Solenopsis invicta on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons