Revista de Biologia Neotropical, 2011 Do ponto de vista da sustentabilidade, os sistemas agroecológicos são mais adequados ao controle de pragas do que os sistemas químicos tradicionais, em decorrência da manutenção dos processos ecológicos entre os diversos elementos que compõem a paisagem.
Marcos A Pesquero +4 more
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Tostado y harina de la hormiga santandereana “atta laevigata”
Biotecnología en el Sector Agropecuario y Agroindustrial, 2013 La hormigaAttalaevigata, habita en los departamentos de Santander y Casanare de Colombia donde son utilizadas como alimento por los habitantes, atribuyéndoles propiedades afrodisiacas.
Clemenete Granados Conde +2 more
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Colony Foundation in Leafcutting Ants: The Perils of Polygyny in Atta Laevigata (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) [PDF]
Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 1991 The huge colonies of Atta leafcutting ants are usually started by independent females under claustral conditions (Huber, 1905; Weber, 1972; Wilson, 1985). Without foraging for supplementary food, the foundress female must rear worker offspring and successfully nurture the fungus culture. Consequently, Atta females are among the largest ants known, with
Alex C. Mintzer
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Characterization of the Mandible Atta Laevigata and the Bioinspiration for the Development of a Biomimetic Surgical Clamp [PDF]
Materials Research, 2017 Approximately thousand years ago it was reported the use of mandibles of ants for suture. In this sense, bioinspired components, as absorbable surgical clamps, can be designed. This study is aimed to characterize the mandible of the ant Atta laevigata in
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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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Three phylogenetically distinct and culturable diazotrophs are perennial symbionts of leaf-cutting ants. [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2021 In leaf‐cutting ant pests, an obligate mutualistic basidiomycete mediates the ants’ nutrition with carbons from vegetal matter using a fermenter‐like system inside the nest, called a “fungus garden.” Diazotrophs such as Enterobacteriales in the fungus garden and intestinal Rhizobiales were proposed to mediate the incorporation of atmospheric nitrogen ...
Zani ROA, Ferro M, Bacci M.
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Mechanical properties and cuticle organisation in mandibles are related to the task specialisation in leafcutter ants (Atta laevigata, Attini, Formicidae) [PDF]
Physiological Entomology, Volume 50, Issue 2, Page 152-165, June 2025.Leafcutter ants show a high degree of task division among the workers of different castes. For example, the smallest workers, the minims, care for the brood and the symbiotic fungus, whereas the larger mediae cut and transport plant material.
Birkenfeld, Valentin +2 more
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DISTRIBUIÇÃO DE SUBSTRATOS NAS COLÔNIAS DE Atta laevigata (F. Smith, 1858) (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE)
Scientia Agricola, 1999 Estudou-se a distribuição de substratos em duas colônias adultas (L-1 e L-2) da saúva Atta laevigata (F. Smith, 1858), com áreas de terra solta de 26,10 e 31,30 m2.
Moreira Aldenise Alves +1 more
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Ciência Rural, 1999 Embora muitos produtos tenham sido testados como princípio ativo de iscas formicidas, o mercado predominantemente utilizava produtos à base de dodecacloro. Com a proibição deste último composto, surgiram as iscas à base de sulfluramida ou de clorpirifós,
José Cola Zanuncio +3 more
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Distinct and enhanced hygienic responses of a leaf-cutting ant toward repeated fungi exposures. [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2022 The leaf‐cutting ant Atta sexdens discriminates between different antagonistic fungi and apply distinct responses to remove them from the fungus garden. Also, successive exposures to the same antagonist increase sanitization in the fungus garden.
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