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MANZOLI-PALMA,M.F.; GOBBI,N.; PALMA,M.S.. |
Field bioassays were used to demonstrate that aggressive behavior of Polybia paulista (Ihering) workers is elicited by alarm pheromones present in the venom reservoirs of nest defenders and that the brood care pheromone (pupal odor) produced by the young inside the nest also plays an important defensive role. Pupal odor was extracted from the surface of pupa bodies with methanol. When bioassayed alone, the pupal odor elicited only attractiveness of workers towards the odor source, but no stinging attacks were observed. However, in the presence of alarm pheromones, the brood care pheromone potentiated the effect caused by the pupal odors, increasing the number of stinging attacks during an action of colony defense. Thus, the presence of pupae within the... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Insecta; Wasps; Brood; Defense behavior; Venom reservoirs. |
Ano: 1998 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-79301998000100006 |
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CARVALHO,William Douglas de; SILVESTRE,Saulo Meneses; MUSTIN,Karen; HILÁRIO,Renato Richard; TOLEDO,José Júlio de. |
ABSTRACT We report an observation of predation by an Amazon tree boa, Corallus hortulanus, on an American fruit-eating bat, Artibeus sp., in an area of seasonal forest close to a small stream in the northern Brazilian Amazon. While bats appear to be one of the main food items of C. hortulanus, our observation is only the fourth such event to be recorded in the Brazilian Amazon. The Artibeus sp. individual was observed making distress (agony) calls continuously over a period of three hours, much longer than recorded on previous observations. Records of this type are important to further our knowledge on bat predators, and the defensive behavior of bats. |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/report |
Palavras-chave: Amazonian savanna; Defense behavior; PPBio; Lavrados of Roraima. |
Ano: 2019 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0044-59672019000100024 |
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