Response to Genovesi et al.: Ant biosurveillance should come before invasion

Curr Biol. 2024 Jan 22;34(2):R51-R52. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.11.055.

¹ Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (CSIC-Univ. Pompeu Fabra), Barcelona 08003, Spain. Electronic address: mattiamen@gmail.com.
² Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (CSIC-Univ. Pompeu Fabra), Barcelona 08003, Spain; Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, Parma 43124, Italy.
³ Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Catania, Catania 95124, Italy.
⁴ Departament de Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona 08028, Spain.
⁵ Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (CSIC-Univ. Pompeu Fabra), Barcelona 08003, Spain.
⁶ Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (CSIC-Univ. Pompeu Fabra), Barcelona 08003, Spain. Electronic address: https://twitter.com/RogerVila_Lab.

Abstract

Menchetti et al. respond to the letter of Genovesi et al. and contribute new records of the red imported fire ant in Sicily.