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Ensambles de ácaros oribátidos en hormigueros de Acromyrmex spp. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

Ecología Austral, 2013
Los hormigueros de varias especies de Acromyrmex presentan sobre el suelo una elevación (túmulo), que posee condiciones micro climáticas estables y ofrece un ambiente atractivo para ácaros oribátidos y otros invertebrados edáficos.
Luciano Peralta, Pablo A. Martínez
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Beetle Pollination in the Holoparasitic Lophophytum pyramidale (Balanophoraceae): A New Case of Brood‐Pollination Mutualism?

Journal of Applied Entomology, Volume 149, Issue 10, Page 1542-1554, December 2025.
ABSTRACT Beetle pollination is considered an ancestral trait in angiosperms, retained in a few specialised families engaging in longstanding interactions with ancient groups of beetles. While beetles represent some of the earliest angiosperm pollinators, there is also increasing evidence that some beetle‐pollinated plants represent a derived condition.
Alexandre da Silva Medeiros, Priscila Andre Sanz‐Veiga, João Marcelo Alvarenga Braga, Izar Aximoff, André Silva Roza, Isabel DiStefano, Bruno A. S. de Medeiros, Felipe W. Amorim   +7 more
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Potential of alternative control of leaf‐cutting ants using essential oils: A systematic review

Agricultural and Forest Entomology, Volume 27, Issue 4, Page 497-511, November 2025.
Abstract Leaf‐cutting ants (LCAs) are abundant and cause considerable damage to agricultural and forest crops in the Neotropical region and are commonly controlled using sulfluramid‐based ant baits. However, this active ingredient is a precursor of perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS), a persistent, human‐made pollutant that poses serious environmental
Heloisa S. S. Pinheiro, Crislaine C. Calazans, Virginia E. Masiulionis, Valfran S. Andrade, Tainara da S. Carvalho, Itamara Bomfim Gois, Genésio T. Ribeiro, Arie F. Blank, Ana P. A. Araújo, Leandro Bacci   +9 more
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The preference for energetic resources is positively associated with predatory activity in ants

Ecological Entomology, Volume 50, Issue 5, Page 921-932, October 2025.
We found that ants exhibit a stronger preference for foraging for carbohydrates and lipids (energetic nutrients) compared to amino acids. The increase in foraging for energetic nutrients compared to amino acids is positively correlated with foraging in larvae (insect predation). The nutrient preference between foraging for energetic nutrients and amino
Icaro Wilker, Tom R. Bishop, Chaim J. Lasmar, Dara Veiga, Letícia G. Souza, Antônio C. M. Queiroz, Rodrigo M. Feitosa, Ana C. A. Neundorf, Mila F. O. Martins, Guilherme P. Alves, Luane K. Fontenele, Marília M. S. Costa, Carla R. Ribas   +12 more
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TRICHODERMA SPECIES ASSOCIATED WITH ACROMYRMEX ANT NESTS FROM ARGENTINA AND FIRST REPORT OF TRICHODERMA LENTIFORME FOR THE COUNTRY

Darwiniana, 2017
Este trabajo tiene como objetivo la identificación morfológica y molecular de cinco especies de Trichoderma asociadas con los nidos de hormigas cortadoras de hojas del género Acromyrmex presentes en Argentina.
Natalia G. Armando, Jorge A. Marfetán, Patricia J. Folgarait   +2 more
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Spatio-temporal learning in a mass-recruiting leaf-cutting ant (Acromyrmex subterraneus)

bioRxiv
The ability to anticipate periodically available resources is observed in several animals and improves performance in obtaining resources and adaptability. Spatio-temporal learning occurs when they associate the correct time and location of future events.
Fernanda Tiemi Nakashima Ferreira, P. B. Constantino, M. A. F. de Toledo, André Frazão Helene   +3 more
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A 3D model to illustrate the nest architecture of Acromyrmex balzani (Hymenoptera; Formicidae)

Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, 2021
For eusocial insects, the nest is a place where the main social interactions occur. The nest architecture ensures protection from predators and the environment, as well as suitable conditions for brood rearing, food storage, and in some cases the ...
Nathan Rodrigues Batista, Vinicius Edson Soares de Oliveira, W. Antonialli-Júnior   +2 more
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Whole genome shotgun phylogenomics resolve the diving beetle tree of life

Systematic Entomology, Volume 50, Issue 4, Page 940-974, October 2025.
A new and strongly supported phylogeny of diving beetles (Dytiscidae) is presented using the largest genomic dataset to date. Laccophilinae and Coptotominae + Lancetinae are early diverging lineages excluded from a large monophyletic clade comprising the remaining eight subfamilies. We identify seven remaining problems in the backbone of the phylogeny,
Johannes Bergsten, Johan A. A. Nylander, Oscar E. Ospina, Alan R. Lemmon, Kelly B. Miller   +4 more
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Parasitoids of Acromyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Leaf-Cutting Ants in Continuous and Fragmented Atlantic Forest

Sociobiology, 2013
Fragmentation of the habitat is a major threat to biodiversity in Atlantic forest. Parasitoids seem to be particularly susceptible to habitat fragmentation.
Luciana Elizalde, Jarbas Marçal de Queiroz   +1 more
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The Biology of Szelenyiopria talitae (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae): Larval Parasitoid of the Leaf-Cutting Ant Acromyrmex subterraneus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Advances in Entomology, 2021
The biology of a koinobiont parasitoid of leaf-cutting ant larvae, Szelenyiopria talitae (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae), was studied from naturally infested Acromyrmex subterraneus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) nests. Nests were collected in the field from the
T. C. Mattoso, Denise Dolores Oliveira Moreira, T. Teodoro, Claudio Luiz Melo Souza, Rita de Kássia Guarnier da Silva, V. Morais, Carlos P. Silva, M. Erthal, R. Samuels   +8 more
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