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Adoption of a surrogate artificial queen in a colony of Atta cephalotes (L.) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Colombia

Sociobiology, 2015
In nature, Atta cephalotes (L.) is a monogynous species. Each colony has a single, permanent queen fed and protected by thousands of sterile workers. At death the queen colony practically disappears.
Guillermo Sotelo, Diana Sofía Ortiz Giraldo, Jonathan Rodríguez, James Montoya Lerma   +3 more
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Biocontrol of leucoagaricus gongylophorus of leaf-cutting ants with the mycoparasitic agent trichoderma koningiopsis [PDF]

, 2016
Leaf-cutting ants are one of the main agricultural and agroforestry pests in the Neotropic region. The essential food source of these ants is Leucoagaricus gongylophorus.
Bich, Gustavo Angel, Castrillo, María Lorena, Villalba, Laura, Zapata, Pedro Dario   +3 more
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Vitellogenin Underwent Subfunctionalization to Acquire Caste and Behavioral Specific Expression in the Harvester Ant Pogonomyrmex barbatus [PDF]

, 2013
PMCID: PMC3744404This is an open-access article, free of all copyright, and may be freely reproduced, distributed, transmitted, modified, built upon, or otherwise used by anyone for any lawful purpose.
A Bourke, A Dolezal, A Khila, A Li, A Löytynoja, A Stamatakis, A Toth, A Tóth, AFG Bourke, C Holt, C Kent, C Lucas, C Smith, C Smith, C Smith, CM Nelson, CS Moreau, D Bates, D Cardoen, D Gordon, DS Marco Antonio, EO Wilson, G Suen, GE Robinson, GV Amdam, GV Amdam, GV Amdam, H Havukainen, H Lin, J Hancock, J Wang, JD Thompson, Jianzhi Zhang, JT Jackson, K Crailsheim, K Ingram, K Ingram, K Katoh, KJ Livak, Laurent Keller, M Andersson, M Corona, M Hawkins, M Piulachs, M Scharf, MH Haydak, Miguel Corona, N Franks, N Goto, Oksana Riba-Grognuz, P Babin, R Acher, R Bonasio, R Gadagkar, R Page, Romain A. Studer, Romain Libbrecht, S Blank, S Camazine, S Capella-Gutiérrez, S Capella-Gutiérrez, S Cardinal, S Khalil, S Lewis, S Nygaard, T Cremonez, T Fujita, T Junier, T Trenczek, W Engels, W Rutz, Y Ben-Shahar, Y Wurm, Y Wurm, Yannick Wurm, Z Yang   +75 more
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Bioformulado de Beauveria bassiana (ATCC MYA-4886) y Trichoderma lignorum (ATCC-8751) como biocontrolador de Atta cephalotes

Entramado, 2019
I. La hormiga arriera está asociada a pérdidas en el sector agrícola, debido a su actividad defoliadora. El control de la especie se ha venido realizado artesanal, química y biológicamente, esta última con beneficios ambientales y de bajo riesgo para la ...
Fabián Felipe Fernández-Daza, Iván Darío López-Villalobos, James Frank Trujillo-Perdomo, Marney Pascoli-Cereda, Raul Alberto Cuervo-Mulet   +4 more
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Monoculture of leafcutter ant gardens. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2010
Leafcutter ants depend on the cultivation of symbiotic Attamyces fungi for food, which are thought to be grown by the ants in single-strain, clonal monoculture throughout the hundreds to thousands of gardens within a leafcutter nest.
Ulrich G Mueller, Jarrod J Scott, Heather D Ishak, Michael Cooper, Andre Rodrigues   +4 more
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Occurrence of Atta cephalotes (L.) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Alagoas, Northeastern Brazil [PDF]

Neotropical Entomology, 2005
Atta cephalotes (L.) presents a wide distribution in the Neotropical region. In Brazil, this species is disjunctly distributed in the Amazon region and in the states of Maranhao, Pernambuco and southern Bahia, all of which belong to Northeast Region. Here we report on a survey of Atta colonies in 42 remnants of the Atlantic rainforest in Alagoas and ...
Corrêa, Michele M., Bieber, Ana G.D., Wirth, Rainer, Leal, Inara R.   +3 more
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Los estados inmaduros de Coelosis biloba (Coleoptera: Melonthidae: Dynastinae) y notas sobre su biología

Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2006
SE DESCRIBEN LA LARVA DE TERCER ESTADIO Y LAS PUPAS DE MACHO Y HEMBRA DE COELOSIS BILOBA (LINNÉ 1767) CON EJEMPLARES RECOLECTADOS EN COLOMBIA (CAUCA Y VALLE) Y EN MÉXICO (VERACRUZ) ASOCIADOS CON LOS HORMIGUEROS DE ATTA CEPHALOTES (LINNÉ 1750).
LUIS CARLOS PARDO LOCARNO, MIGUEL ÁNGEL MORÓN, ANDREAS GAIGL   +2 more
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Light pulses flashed to Atta cephalotes face for control in fruit trees

Ingeniería Agrícola y Biosistemas, 2023
Introduction: Worker ants follow paths to fed their nest and their eyes require to adapt themselves under light intensity variations. Objective: This proposal aims to study the effect of different illumination techniques in a trail and force ants to change of trajectory before feeding from a tree.
Federico Hahn-Schlam, Claudia Bolaños-Sánchez   +1 more
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Cooperative foraging of Paratemnoides nidificator (Balzan, 1888) (Pseudoscorpiones: Atemnidae) on two species of ants (Hymenoptera:Formicidae) in the tropical dry Forest, Colombian Caribbean

Intropica, 2019
Dos nuevos casos de forrajeo cooperativo por parte de Paratemnoides nidificator (Balzan, 1888) en hormigas Atta cephalotes (Linnaeus, 1758) y Dolichoderus bispinosus (Oliver, 1792) son documentados.
Richard A. Torres, Edwin Bedoya Roqueme, José Tovar Marquéz   +2 more
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Nutrient stores predict task behaviors in diverse ant species [PDF]

, 2016
In eusocial species, including ants and honeybees, sterile or non-reproductive workers can specialize in task-specific behaviors, such as brood care and foraging for food.
Gordon, D., Ingram, K. K., Silberman, Rebecca Estelle   +2 more
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