Does Atta laevigata (Smith, 1858) act as Solanum lycocarpum seed dispersers? [PDF]
Sociobiology, 2016 Ants can act as seed dispersers, modifying their distribution, affecting the reproductive success and the vegetation spatial structure. The leaf-cutting ants function, as dispersers of non-myrmecochorous plants, is little known.
Paulo Roberto de Abreu Tavares +2 more
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Pathogenicity of Beauveria bassiana against Leafcutter Ants Atta laevigata (F. Smith, 1858) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) [PDF]
SociobiologyLeaf-cutter ants are major agricultural pests causing substantial crop losses. Biological control using entomopathogenic fungi offers an eco-friendly alternative to chemical methods.
Marcus Alvarenga Soares +8 more
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Microsatellite loci characterized in the leaf-cutter ant Atta laevigata. [PDF]
BMC Res Notes, 2013 BACKGROUND: The leaf-cutter ant Atta laevigata (Formicidae: Attini) is an agricultural pest largely distributed in the Neotropics and a model organism for studies of evolution, speciation and population genetics.
Kakazu S, Sanches A, Bacci M.
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Differential parasitism by four species of phorid flies when attacking three worker castes of the leaf-cutting ant Atta laevigata (Smith, 1858). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2021 Certain species of parasitic flies belonging to the Phoridae are known to attack Atta spp. workers foraging along trails, near nest openings used by the ants to supply the colony with plant material, and in the areas where the ants are actively cutting ...
Maria Lucimar O Souza +4 more
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Do an ecosystem engineer and environmental gradient act independently or in concert to shape juvenile plant communities? Tests with the leaf-cutter ant Atta laevigata in a Neotropical savanna [PDF]
PeerJ, 2018 Background Ecosystem engineers are species that transform habitats in ways that influence other species.While the impacts of many engineers have been well described, our understanding of how their impact varies along environmental gradients remains ...
Alan N. Costa +2 more
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Deciphering the chemical phenotype in Atta laevigata (Smith, 1858) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): A relationship between polymorphism and cuticular hydrocarbons [PDF]
Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 2022 In the Attina subtribe the division of labor among workers is based on different tasks performed by morphological subcastes. Considering that cuticular chemical compounds play important roles as protection against water loss and mediates interactions ...
Poliana Galvão dos Santos +5 more
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BMC Research Notes, 2011 Background Leafcutters are the highest evolved within Neotropical ants in the tribe Attini and model systems for studying caste formation, labor division and symbiosis with microorganisms.
Henrique-Silva Flávio +6 more
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The mitochondrial genome of the leaf-cutter ant Atta laevigata: a mitogenome with a large number of intergenic spacers. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 In this paper we describe the nearly complete mitochondrial genome of the leaf-cutter ant Atta laevigata, assembled using transcriptomic libraries from Sanger and Illumina next generation sequencing (NGS), and PCR products.
Cynara de Melo Rodovalho +3 more
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Cryptic Diversity in Colombian Edible Leaf-Cutting Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) [PDF]
Insects, 2018 Leaf-cutting ants are often considered agricultural pests, but they can also benefit local people and serve important roles in ecosystems. Throughout their distribution, winged reproductive queens of leaf-cutting ants in the genus Atta Fabricius, 1804 ...
Pepijn W. Kooij +4 more
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Occurrence of Leaf-Cutting and Grass-Cutting Ants of the Genus Atta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Geographic Regions of Brazil [PDF]
Sociobiology, 2020 Leaf-cutting ants are widely distributed in Brazil, particularly species of the genus Atta. We therefore described the occurrence of leaf-cutting and grass-cutting ant species of the genus Atta.
Luiz Carlos Forti +7 more
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