Data/hora: 10/06/2024 19:09:13

Provedor de dados: | 84
País: | Brazil
Título: | Run to the nest: A parody on the Iron Maiden song by Corotoca spp. (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae)
Autores: | Moreira,Igor Eloi; Pires-Silva,Carlos Moreno; Ribeiro,Kézia Gomes; Zilberman,Bruno; Bezerra-Gusmão,Maria Avany.
Data: | 2019-01-01
Ano: | 2019
Palavras-chave: | Passive dispersal; Termite; Rove beetle; Termitophily.
Resumo: | Abstract Rove beetles belonging to the genus Corotoca (Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) are termitophiles exclusively found in nests of Constrictotermes (Isoptera: Termitidae). We observed the reproductive behavior of Corotoca melantho and C. fontesi during host (Constrictotermes cyphergaster) foraging events. The reproductive behaviors of both species are similar. The variables collected for analysis were distance traveled, the time of larval deposition, nest return time, and locomotion speed. The fact that the female stops in the middle of the foraging trail to deposit the larva leads to a discussion of how its physiological or voluntary mechanisms function to determine the correct stopping time and the importance of speed when returning to the nest as a strategy to avoid predation. This study provides new information concerning the life cycle of Corotoca spp., although complete understanding of host-termitophile relationships, their evolutionary history, and the significance of viviparity will require additional studies.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0031-10492019000100218
Editor: | Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo
Relação: | 10.11606/1807-0205/2019.59.18
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia  v.59 2019
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess