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Potential of alternative control of leaf‐cutting ants using essential oils: A systematic review

Agricultural and Forest Entomology, Volume 27, Issue 4, Page 497-511, November 2025.
Abstract Leaf‐cutting ants (LCAs) are abundant and cause considerable damage to agricultural and forest crops in the Neotropical region and are commonly controlled using sulfluramid‐based ant baits. However, this active ingredient is a precursor of perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS), a persistent, human‐made pollutant that poses serious environmental
Heloisa S. S. Pinheiro, Crislaine C. Calazans, Virginia E. Masiulionis, Valfran S. Andrade, Tainara da S. Carvalho, Itamara Bomfim Gois, Genésio T. Ribeiro, Arie F. Blank, Ana P. A. Araújo, Leandro Bacci   +9 more
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Diversity of Fungi Associated with Atta bisphaerica (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): The Activity of Aspergillus ochraceus and Beauveria bassiana

Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, Volume 2012, Issue 1, 2012., 2012
The grass‐cutting ant Atta bisphaerica is one of the most serious pests in several pastures and crops in Brazil. Fungal diseases are a constant threat to these large societies composed of millions of closely related individuals. We investigated the occurrence of filamentous fungi associated with the ant A. bisphaerica in a pasture area of Viçosa, Minas
Myriam M. R. Ribeiro, Karina D. Amaral, Vanessa E. Seide, Bressane M. R. Souza, Terezinha M. C. Della Lucia, Maria Catarina M. Kasuya, Danival J. de Souza, Alain Lenoir   +7 more
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Seed germination of a myrmecochorous plant endemic to the Brazilian semiarid region: the wolf is not so bad

Acta Botânica Brasílica, 2022
Studies about seed dispersal and germination are important to understand patterns of plant distribution and abundance, and help establish strategies for environmental conservation. We evaluated the role of two different dispersers, the ant Atta laevigata
Marcilio Fagundes, Ana Paula Mota Fernandes Silva, Bruno Henrique Silva Mayrink, Luiz Henrique Arimura Figueiredo, Alessandre Custódio Jorge, Ingrid Lara Vieira Gomes   +5 more
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Flooded forests: Death by drowning, not herbivory [PDF]

, 2007
Trees on small islands formed when a new hydroelectric dam was filled are said to have been killed by leaf-cutter ants that were no longer regulated by their armadillo predators.
Auclair A.N.D., White T.C.R.
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Intraspecific and Intracolonial Variation in the Profile of Venom Alkaloids and Cuticular Hydrocarbons of the Fire Ant Solenopsis saevissima Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, Volume 2012, Issue 1, 2012., 2012
Fire ants are aggressive Neotropical ants that are extensively similar in general biology and morphology, making species identification difficult. Some fire ant species are top‐rated pests spreading throughout the world by trade vessels. Many researchers attempted to sort between invasive and native species by using chemical characters, including ...
Eduardo Gonçalves Paterson Fox, Adriana Pianaro, Daniel Russ Solis, Jacques Hubert Charles Delabie, Bruno Cunha Vairo, Ednildo de Alcântara Machado, Odair Correa Bueno, Michael Rust   +7 more
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Densidade e tamanho de formigueiros de Acromyrmex crassispinus em plantios de Pinus taeda. [PDF]

, 2012
O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar a densidade e o tamanho dos formigueiros de Acromyrmex crassispinus, ao longo do ano, em plantios de Pinus taeda de diferentes idades.
IEDE, E. T., NICKELE, M. A., OLIVEIRA, E. B. de, REIS FILHO, W.   +3 more
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Ants as Indicators in Brazil: A Review with Suggestions to Improve the Use of Ants in Environmental Monitoring Programs

Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, Volume 2012, Issue 1, 2012., 2012
We describe the use of ants as indicators in Brazil, based on a critical review of published articles. The analysis of fifty‐eight papers, encompassing a range of almost 25 years, indicates an increased number of studies using ants as indicators in the last decade. Among the parameters analyzed in the papers, species composition is the most suitable to
Carla R. Ribas, Renata B. F. Campos, Fernando A. Schmidt, Ricardo R. C. Solar, Jonathan D. Majer   +4 more
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Foundation and architecture of leaf-cutting ant nests in the genus Atta Fabricius (Hymenoptera:Formicidae)

Brazilian Journal of Biology
The present study is a systematic review of the main ecological aspects of nest foundation and the subterranean architecture of established and mature of leaf-cutting ants of the genus Atta.
R. S. Camargo, L. C. Forti, D. L. Nascimento, N. C. Oliveira, J. C. Zanuncio, J. E. Serrão, A. A. Moreira, C. A. O. Matos, F. A. G. Guilherme, M. A. Castellani   +9 more
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Insetos pragas em acessos de açaizeiro em viveiro. [PDF]

, 2018
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SOUZA, L. A. de
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Resistência de clones de Eucalyptus ao psilídeo-de-concha. [PDF]

, 2016
O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar a resistência de clones comerciais de E. camaldulensis e E. urophylla ao ataque de Glycaspis brimblecombei Moore (Hemiptera: Aphalaridae).
CAMARGO, J. N. M., DEDECECK, R. A., MELIDO, R. C. N., OLIVEIRA, E. B. de, QUEIROZ, D. L. de, ZANOL, K. M. R.   +5 more
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