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| Santos,Marcelo Guerra; Porto,Gabriela Fraga; Lancellotti,Isabella Rodrigues; Feitosa,Rodrigo M.. |
| Abstract Galls are neoformed plant structures created by cell hyperplasia and hypertrophy induced by a number of organisms, especially insects. After adult insects hatch, senescent galls may remain on the host plant and be occupied by a succession of fauna, the most important and dominant being ants. This study aimed at characterizing the ant fauna successor of stem galls induced by microlepidoptera in Microgramma squamulosa (Kaulf.) de la Sota (Polypodiaceae). Four collections were carried out in the municipality of Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. The galls were packed in plastic bags and taken to the laboratory. Ants were euthanized and conserved in 70° GL alcohol and later identified. A total of 49 stem galls were collected and analyzed, 15... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/other |
Palavras-chave: Ecosystem engineers; Fern-insect interactions; Myrmecophily; Pteridophytes. |
| Ano: 2019 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085-56262019000200101 |
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| Alves-Oliveira,João Rafael; Mendes,Diego Matheus de Mello; Campos,Douglas de; Silva-Neto,Alberto Moreira da; Morais,José Wellington de; Grossi,Paschoal Coelho. |
| ABSTRACT We report for the first time the occurrence of two species of scarab beetles, Phileurus carinatus declivis Prell, 1914 (Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) and Cyclidius elongatus (Olivier, 1789) (Cetoniinae: Cremastocheilini) inside nests of Azteca cf. chartifex Forel, 1896, a neotropical arboreal ant species. This report indicates that these two beetle species are associated, at least as inquilines, to this ant species, although the nature of this relationship remains unclear. |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/other |
Palavras-chave: Central Amazonia; Flower chafer; Myrmecophily; Rhinoceros beetle. |
| Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085-56262016000400359 |
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| Silva,Daniel Paiva; Fernandes,José Antônio Marin. |
| ABSTRACT Despite its important effect on the maintenance of tritrophic interactions among plants, insect herbivores, and ants, there is still a paucity of natural history and basic biology information involving trophobiosis among Heteroptera stink bugs. Here, based on previous observations of a new trophobiotic interaction between Edessa rufomarginata (De Geer, 1773) and Camponotus rufipes (Fabricius, 1775) ants, we describe the chemical profile of the honeydew obtained by Gas Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry. There were mainly three different sugars (trehalose, glucose, and sorbose) within our samples. The extrafloral nectaries of Caryocar brasiliense Camb., the host plant of E. rufomarginata, attracts a wide assemblage of Cerrado ants with varying... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Ants; Heteroptera; Myrmecophily; Pentatomidae; Trophobiosis. |
| Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085-56262016000200166 |
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