Recognition and Aggression of conspecific and heterospecific worker in Acromyrmex subterraneus subterraneus (Forel) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) [PDF]
Sociobiology, 2015 Aggressive behavior is important for social insects because it makes possible for the colony to defend itself and the offspring from the action of invasive species.
Tiago Georg Pikart +4 more
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Hygienic behavior, liquid-foraging, and trophallaxis in the leaf-cutting ants, Acromyrmex subterraneus and Acromyrmex octospinosus. [PDF]
J Insect Sci, 2009 Neotropical leaf-cutting ants (tribe Attini) live in obligate symbiosis with fungus they culture for food. To protect themselves and their fungus garden from pathogens, they minimize the entry of microorganisms through mechanical and chemical means.
Richard FJ, Errard C.
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A new species of Szelenyiopria Fabritius (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae), larval parasitoid of Acromyrmex subterraneus subterraneus (Forel) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Brazil [PDF]
Zootaxa, 2013 Szelenyiopria talitae sp. nov. is described and illustrated. This species is shown to be a larval parasitoid of Acromyrmex subterraneus subterraneus (Forel).Fil: Loiacono, Marta Susana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas.
Aquino, Daniel Alejandro +3 more
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Symbiotic bacteria on the cuticle of the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex subterraneus subterraneus protect workers from attack by entomopathogenic fungi. [PDF]
Biol Lett, 2012 Although only discovered in 1999, the symbiotic filamentous actinobacteria present on the integument of certain species of leaf-cutting ants have been the subject of intense research. These bacteria have been shown to specifically suppress fungal garden parasites by secretion of antibiotics.
Mattoso TC, Moreira DD, Samuels RI.
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Production of Escovopsis weberi (Ascomycota: Hypocreales) Mycelial Pellets and Their Effects on Leaf-Cutting Ant Fungal Gardens [PDF]
Pathogens, 2023 The maintenance of the symbiosis between leaf-cutting ants and their mutualistic fungus Leucoagaricus gongylophorus Singer (Moller) is vital for the survival of both species.
Thais Berçot Pontes Teodoro +6 more
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Daily Foraging Activity of Acromyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Leaf-cutting ants [PDF]
Sociobiology, 2016 Leaf-cutting ants are well-known insects due to their remarkable activity as herbivores and the considerable economic damage they cause to many crops.
Mariane Aparecida Nickele +3 more
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Comparative FISH-mapping of TTAGG telomeric sequences to the chromosomes of leafcutter ants (Formicidae, Myrmicinae): is the insect canonical sequence conserved? [PDF]
Comparative Cytogenetics, 2020 Telomeric sequences are conserved across species. The most common sequence reported among insects is (TTAGG)n, but its universal occurrence is not a consensus because other canonical motifs have been reported.
Carini Picardi Moraes de Castro +3 more
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Putting the waste out: a proposed mechanism for transmission of the mycoparasite Escovopsis between leafcutter ant colonies [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2017 The attine ant system is a remarkable example of symbiosis. An antagonistic partner within this system is the fungal parasite Escovopsis, a genus specific to the fungal gardens of the Attini.
Juliana O. Augustin +4 more
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Ant identity determines the fungi richness and composition of a myrmecochorous seed. [PDF]
PLoS ONEMyrmecochory-seed dispersal by ants-is a mutualistic interaction in which ants attracted by seed appendices take them away from the parental plant location, where seeds usually have better development odds.
Tiago V Fernandes +4 more
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iScienceSummary: Leaf-cutting ants are excellent models for studying the relationship between behavior and brain investment because their pronounced division of labor is associated with worker differentiation.
Lohan Valadares +3 more
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