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Description of the male of Erromyrma Bolton & Fisher, 2016 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) [PDF]

ZooKeys, 2023
The male of the myrmicine genus Erromyrma is described for the first time on the basis of two specimens of Erromyrma latinodis (Mayr, 1872) collected in northern Madagascar.
Manoa M. Ramamonjisoa, Nicole Rasoamanana, Brian L. Fisher   +2 more
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The complete mitochondrial genome of Pheidole nodus (Smith, 1874) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) [PDF]

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2022
Pheidole nodus (Smith, 1874) belongs to a famously hyperdiverse and ecologically dominant ant genus. The mitochondrial genome of P. nodus is 15,579 bp in length, and the overall base composition is 78.6% AT.
Yu Sang, Ru-Yi Yin, Yi Luo, Zhao-Min Zhou   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

ALTERNATIVAS DE FORMICIDAS EM PÓ NO CONTROLE DA FORMIGA-VERMELHA-DE-MONTE, Acromyrmex heyeri [PDF]

Ciência Florestal, 2000
Com o objetivo de criar alternativas no controle químico da formiga-vermelha-de-monte, Acromyrmex heyeri (Forel, 1899) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae, Attini) foram instalados quatro ensaios com formicidas em pó, em Santa Maria, estado do Rio Grande do Sul ...
Fábio Moreira Link, Henrique Moreira Link, Dionisio Link   +2 more
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Cyatta abscondita: taxonomy, evolution, and natural history of a new fungus-farming ant genus from Brazil. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
Cyatta abscondita, a new genus and species of fungus-farming ant from Brazil, is described based on morphological study of more than 20 workers, two dealate gynes, one male, and two larvae. Ecological field data are summarized, including natural history,
Jeffrey Sosa-Calvo, Ted R Schultz, Carlos R F Brandão, Christiana Klingenberg, Rodrigo M Feitosa, Christian Rabeling, Maurício Bacci, Cauê T Lopes, Heraldo L Vasconcelos   +8 more
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First record of Cyphoderus innominatus Mills, 1938 (Collembola: Paronellidae) in Early Colonies of the Leaf-cutting Ant Atta sexdens

Sociobiology, 2021
Cyphoderus innominatus Mills, 1938 (Collembola: Paronellidae) was first observed in early colonies of Atta sexdens leaf-cutting ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
Tarcísio Marcos Macedo Mota Filho, Kátia Kaelly Andrade Sousa, Roberto Silva Camargo, João Victor Lemos Cavalcante Oliveira, Nadia Caldato, Douglas Zeppelini, Luiz Carlos Forti   +6 more
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Exposure of Workers of Ectatomma brunneum Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ectatomminae) to ant Baits Containing Different Active Ingredients under Laboratory Conditions

EntomoBrasilis, 2015
This work evaluated the short-range mortality of workers of Ectatomma brunneum Smith when exposed to ant baits in laboratory, in order to verify if the attractiveness of this non-target species by ant baits intended to be used in the control of leaf ...
Viviane Cristina Tofolo, Edilberto Giannotti, Marcos Aparecido Pizano   +2 more
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Leaf-cutting ant (Atta laevigata Smith) in an African mahogany plantation in Minas Gerais state, Brazil

EntomoBrasilis, 2021
Khaya grandifoliola C. DC. (Meliaceae), known as African mahogany, is used in the establishment of commercial plantations for high-value timber production. This work aims to report the first occurrence of the genus Atta in a commercial plantation of this
Rodolfo Molinário de Souza, Andressa Ribeiro, Antonio Carlos Ferraz Filho   +2 more
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Yet more "weeds" in the garden: fungal novelties from nests of leaf-cutting ants. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
Symbiotic relationships modulate the evolution of living organisms in all levels of biological organization. A notable example of symbiosis is that of attine ants (Attini; Formicidae: Hymenoptera) and their fungal cultivars (Lepiotaceae and Pterulaceae ...
Juliana O Augustin, Johannes Z Groenewald, Robson J Nascimento, Eduardo S G Mizubuti, Robert W Barreto, Simon L Elliot, Harry C Evans   +6 more
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The type specimens of fungus growing ants, Attini (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) deposited in the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil

Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 2005
We present here a list of the Attini type material deposited in the Formicidae collection of the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo (MZSP), Brazil.
Christiana Klingenberg, Carlos Roberto F. Brandão   +1 more
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Colony size predicts division of labour in Attine ants [PDF]

, 2014
Division of labour is central to the ecological success of eusocial insects, yet the evolutionary factors driving increases in complexity in division of labour are little known.
Alexander RD, Baroni Urbani C, Bininda-Emonds ORP, de Andrade M, Hijmans RJ, Maynard-Smith J, Mehdiabadi NJ, Oster GF, Rabeling C, Schultz TR, Swofford DL   +10 more
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