PIAkey (Pacific Invasive Ant key) is an electronic guide designed to assist users to identify invasive ant species commonly encountered in the Pacific Island region. The guide covers four subfamilies, 20 genera and 44 species. The primary tool offered by PIAkey is an interactive key designed using Lucid3 software. In addition to being fully illustrated, the Lucid key allows users to enter at multiple character points, skip unknown characters, and find the most efficient path for identifying the available taxa. Each species is linked to its own web page. These species pages, or fact sheets, are linked to an illustrated glossary of morphological terms. The tool was funded by USDA APHIS PPQ.

Organization:USDA APHIS ITP

Image Source: http://itp.lucidcentral.org/id/ant/pia/