Dejean A. auteur aut IRD Corbara B. auteur aut IRD Cereghino R. auteur aut IRD Leponce M. auteur aut IRD Roux Olivier auteur aut IRD Rossi V. auteur aut IRD Delabie J. H. C. auteur aut IRD Compin A. auteur aut IRD text journalArticle eng text/pdf born digital access Supercolonies of the red fire ant Solenopsis saevissima (Smith) develop in disturbed environments and likely alter the ant community in the native range of the species. For example, in French Guiana only 8 ant species were repeatedly noted as nesting in close vicinity to its mounds. Here, we verified if a shared set of biological, ecological, and behavioral traits might explain how these 8 species are able to nest in the presence of S. saevissima. We did not find this to be the case. We did find, however, that all of them are able to live in disturbed habitats. It is likely that over the course of evolution each of these species acquired the capacity to live syntopically with S. saevissima through its own set of traits, where colony size (4 species develop large colonies), cuticular compounds which do not trigger aggressiveness (6 species) and submissive behaviors (4 species) complement each other. specialized ant community fire ants invasive species Solenopsis saevissima species coexistence supercoloniality GUYANE FRANCAISE 080 082 22 2 289-294 2015 1672-9609 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010064077 10.1111/1744-7917.12078 1672-9609 [F B010064077] https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010064077 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/intranet/publi/2015/05/010064077.pdf Accès réservé (Intranet de l'IRD) IRD - Base Horizon / Pleins textes 2015-06-04 2017-08-23 fdi:010064077 fre