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| Provedor de dados: |
Anais da SEB
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| País: |
Brazil
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| Título: |
Caracterização de ninhos de Acromyrmex laticeps nigrosetosus Forel, em povoamento de eucalipto em Paraopeba, MG
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| Autores: |
Araújo,Márcio S.
Della Lúcia,Terezinha M. C.
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| Data: |
1997-04-01
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| Ano: |
1997
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| Palavras-chave: |
Insecta
Attini
Leaf-cutting ant
Acromyrmex
Nidification
Nesting
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| Resumo: |
The nesting habits of the leaf-cutter ant Acromyrmex laticeps nigrosetosus Forel were studied in areas under Eucalyptus plantations in Minas Gerais State, Brazil. A total of 12 nests were killed with methyl bromide and talcum was injected into entrance holes with a small air pump to mark the underground chambers and channels. In general, these nests presented a single chamber with average dimensions of 0.28 x 0.23 x 0.19 m (length x width x height) located just below the soil surface (0.11 m). Chambers were connected to the soil surface by 2-5 channels which opened at the surface. Externally they were covered by a large amount of dry leaves and in their early stage presented a mound of loose soil. The total nest population was, on average, 12,231 individuais. To our knowledge, this is the 1st description of this species' nests in Minas Gerais State.
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| Tipo: |
Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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| Idioma: |
Português
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| Identificador: |
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0301-80591997000100029
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| Editor: |
Sociedade Entomológica do Brasil
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| Relação: |
10.1590/S0301-80591997000100029
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text/html
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| Fonte: |
Anais da Sociedade Entomológica do Brasil v.26 n.1 1997
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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