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Foraging of Psilocybe basidiocarps by the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex lobicornis in Santa Fé, Argentina [PDF]
SpringerPlus, 2013 It is generally accepted that material collected by leaf-cutting ants of the genus Acromyrmex consists solely of plant matter, which is used in the nest as substrate for a symbiotic fungus providing nutrition to the ants. There is only one previous report of any leaf-cutting ant foraging directly on fungal basidiocarps.Basidiocarps of Psilocybe ...
Fernando CARLOS Pagnocca +2 more
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Boletín de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánica, 2018 La descomposición es un proceso fundamental de los ecosistemas. En ambientes áridos y semiáridos, estos procesos se ralentizan debido a las condiciones climáticas desfavorables para la actividad microbiana, por lo que, organismos como las hormigas se ...
Ana Laura Navas Romero +2 more
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Shifts in Chromosome Evolution Rates Shape the Karyotype Patterns of Leafcutting Ants. [PDF]
Ecol EvolModern phylogenetic methods were used to explore how chromosome number and other karyotypic traits vary across species. The focus was on testing whether karyotypic traits follow a Brownian motion model (indicating neutral changes) or are influenced by phylogenetic constraints.This research elucidates the mechanisms underlying chromosomal evolution and ...
Cardoso DC, Cristiano MP.
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Hongos asociados con dos poblaciones de Acromyrmex lobicornis (Formicidae) de San Luis, Argentina
Boletín de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánica, 2013 Los géneros Atta y Acromyrmex comprenden a las hormigas cortadoras o podadoras de hojas de la tribu Attini, único grupo de hormigas que presenta una dependencia obligada con simbiontes fúngicos como fuente de alimento.
Mónica A. Lugo +3 more
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OCORRÊNCIA DE FORMIGAS CORTADEIRAS NA REGIÃO DA DEPRESSÃO CENTRAL DO ESTADO DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL [PDF]
Ciência Rural, 2002 Com o objetivo de identificar as espécies de formigas cortadeiras que existem na região da Depressão Central do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, de verificar sua predominância e distribuição geográfica, realizou-se um levantamento em 51 municípios.
Douglas D. Grürzmacher +2 more
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Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, Volume 2013, Issue 1, 2013., 2013 We provide an overview of diapriid wasps associated with ants in Argentina and the diversity of interactions they have developed with their hosts. As a result, we report 16 species of nine genera of Diapriinae, two new geographic distributions, three new association records, illustrations, and photographs.
Marta S. Loiácono +3 more
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Leaf‐Cutter Ant Parasitoids: Current Knowledge
Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, Volume 2013, Issue 1, 2013., 2013 This review updates and summarizes the current knowledge about the interaction of leaf‐cutter ants and their parasitoids by providing comparable data for Acromyrmex and Atta ants. First, an overview of the relevant aspects of the biology and taxonomy of leaf cutters and of their parasitoids is provided.
Patricia J. Folgarait, Alain Lenoir
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Diversity of Species and Behavior of Hymenopteran Parasitoids of Ants: A Review
Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, Volume 2012, Issue 1, 2012., 2012 Reports of hymenopterans associated with ants involve more than 500 species, but only a fraction unambiguously pertain to actual parasitoids. In this paper, we attempt to provide an overview of both the diversity of these parasitoid wasps and the diversity of the types of interactions they have formed with their ant hosts.
Jean-Paul Lachaud +2 more
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Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, Volume 2012, Issue 1, 2012., 2012 Parental care is rare in most lower vertebrates. By selecting optimal oviposition sites, however, mothers can realize some benefits often associated with parental care. We found three ovoid reptilian eggs within a mature nest of a relatively basal fungus‐growing ant, Apterostigma cf. goniodes (Attini), in central Panama. In laboratory colonies, A.
Gaspar Bruner +4 more
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The Effect of nest Size and Species Identity on Plant Selection in Acromyrmex Leaf-Cutting Ants
Sociobiology, 2018 Leaf-cutting ants are key organisms because their role as primary consumers and potential agricultural pests. However, their foraging ecology was mostly studied as response of extrinsic factors such as climate and plant species traits.
Laura Elizabeth Jofre +3 more
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