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Provedor de dados: | Anais da Sociedade Entomológica do Brasil
País: | Brazil
Título: | Caracterização de ninhos de Acromyrmex laticeps nigrosetosus Forel, em povoamento de eucalipto em Paraopeba, MG
Autores: | Araújo,Márcio S.; Della Lúcia,Terezinha M. C.
Data: | 1997-04-01
Ano: | 1997
Palavras-chave: | Insecta; Attini; Leaf-cutting ant; Acromyrmex; Nidification; Nesting.
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.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Português
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0301-80591997000100029
Editor: | Sociedade Entomológica do Brasil
Relação: | 10.1590/S0301-80591997000100029
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Anais da Sociedade Entomológica do Brasil  v.26 n.1 1997
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess