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The red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta), or simply RIFA, is one of over 280 species in the widespread genus Solenopsis. Although the red imported fire ant is native to South America, it has become a pest in the southern United States,Australia, the Caribbean,Thailand, Taiwan, the Philippines, Hong Kong, the southern Chinese provinces of Guangdong,Guangxi and Fujian, and Macau (the former Portuguese enclave that borders the province of Guangdong). RIFA are known to have a painful,...

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