Editing Red imported fire ant (section)

==Etymology and common names==
The [[Specific name (zoology)|specific epithet]] of the red imported fire ant, ''invicta'', derives from [[Latin]], and means "invincible" or "unconquered".<ref>{{cite book|last1=Bowersock|first1=G.W.|last2=Brown|first2=P.|title=Late Antiquity: a Guide to the Postclassical World|date=1999|publisher=Belknap Press of Harvard University Press|location=Cambridge|isbn=978-0-674-51173-6|page=[https://archive.org/details/lateantiquitygui00bowe/page/284 284]|edition=2nd|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/lateantiquitygui00bowe/page/284}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Starr|first1=C.|last2=Evers|first2=C.|last3=Starr|first3=L.|title=Biology: Concepts and Applications without Physiology|url=https://archive.org/details/biologyconceptsa0000star|url-access=registration|date=2010|publisher=Cengage Learning|location=Belmont, California|isbn=978-0-538-73925-2|page=[https://archive.org/details/biologyconceptsa0000star/page/431 431]|edition=8th}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Lewis|first1=P.H.|title=Mighty Fire Ants March Out of the South|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/07/24/science/mighty-fire-ants-march-out-of-the-south.html|access-date=2 November 2016|work=The New York Times|date=24 July 1990}}</ref> The epithet originates from the phrase ''[[Roma invicta]]'' ("unconquered Rome"), used as an inspirational quote until the [[fall of the Western Roman Empire]] in 476 [[Anno Domini|AD]]. The [[genus|generic]] name, ''[[Fire ant|Solenopsis]]'', translates as "appearance of a pipe". It is a [[compound (linguistics)|compound]] of two [[Ancient Greek]] words, ''solen'', meaning "pipe" or "channel", and ''opsis'', meaning "appearance" or "sight".<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Department of the Environment and Energy (Australia)|website=Species Bank|title=''Solenopsis invicta'' (Family Formicidae)| last1 = Vanderwoude | first1 = C.| last2 = Elson-Harris | first2 = M.| last3 = McNaught | first3 = M. K.|url=http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/species-bank/sbank-treatment.pl?id=75877|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160921121919/http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/species-bank/sbank-treatment.pl?id=75877|archive-date=21 September 2016}}</ref>{{sfn|Tschinkel|2006|pp=13–14}} The ant is commonly known as the "red imported fire ant" (abbreviated as RIFA); the "[[fire ant]]" part is because of the burning sensation caused by its sting.<ref name="Drees_2002">{{cite web|last1=Drees|first1=B.M.|title=Medical problems and treatment considerations for the red imported fire ant|url=https://fireant.tamu.edu/files/2011/12/FAPFS023_2002rev_Medical.pdf|work=Texas Imported Fire Ant Research and Management Project|publisher=Texas A&M University|access-date=23 August 2016|date=2002}}</ref><ref>{{Cite report|last1=Booth|first1=K.|last2=Dhami|first2=M.|date=2008|title=Red Imported Fire Ant (''Solenopsis invicta''): A review of the literature regarding the determination of colony age|url=http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/files/pests/invasive-ants/red-imported-fire-ants/rifa-determination-of-colony-age.pdf|work=Centre for Biodiversity and Biosecurity|publisher=Ministry for Primary Industries: Biosecurity New Zealand|page=2|access-date=29 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009084634/http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/files/pests/invasive-ants/red-imported-fire-ants/rifa-determination-of-colony-age.pdf|archive-date=9 October 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Alternative names include "fire ant", "red ant" or "tramp ant".<ref>{{cite web|last1=Masterson|first1=J.|title=Species Name: ''Solenopsis invicta''|url=http://www.sms.si.edu/irlspec/solenopsis_invicta.htm|publisher=Smithsonian Marine Station|access-date=2 April 2016|date=2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920211948/http://www.sms.si.edu/irlspec/solenopsis_invicta.htm|archive-date=20 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Carmichael|first1=A.|title=Red imported fire ant ''Solenopsis invicta'' Buren (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae)|url=http://www.padil.gov.au/pests-and-diseases/pest/othernames/136450|publisher=PaDIL (Australian Biosecurity)|access-date=2 April 2016|date=2005|archive-date=29 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129134809/https://www.padil.gov.au/pests-and-diseases/pest/othernames/136450|url-status=dead}}</ref> In Brazil, locals call the ant ''toicinhera'', which derives from the Portuguese word ''toicinho'' (pork fat).{{sfn|Buhs|2005|p=13}}