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First Cytogenetic Study Through Conventional Staining of The Ant Genus Blepharidatta Wheeler, 1915 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Attini)

Sociobiology, 2022
Blepharidatta is a rare Neotropical ant genus in the Attini tribe of the subfamily Myrmicinae. It has only four valid species and among them Blepharidatta delabiei was recently described and there is little knowledge on its biology.
Laís L. Lopes, Cléa S. F. Mariano, Jacques H. C. Delabie, Janisete G Silva   +3 more
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Gram-Negative Bacteria Across Spatial Scales: A Meta-Analysis of Ant-Associated Bacterial Communities Under Distinct Environmental Conditions. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Using a meta‐analysis, we estimated the proportion of Gram‐negative (GN) bacteria in ant microbiota across different environments, focusing on habitat and climate influences. Our findings show that ants from temperate regions and arboreal habitats harbor higher proportions of GN bacteria, potentially offering adaptive advantages in variable ...
Bitar MR, Azevedo-Silva M, Oliveira PS, Romero GQ, Ribeiro SP.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Expansion of the geographic range of Cyatta abscondita Sosa-Calvo et al., 2013 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) [PDF]

, 2016
The presence of the recently described fungus-farming ant genus and species Cyatta abscondita is reported in the northwestern region of Misiones Province in Argentina. A single worker of C.
Filloy, Julieta, Ramos, Carolina Samanta, Sanchez, Federico Andrés, Santoandre, Santiago, Zurita, Gustavo Andres   +4 more
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Feeding habits and multifunctional classification of soil‐associated consumers from protists to vertebrates

Biological Reviews, Volume 97, Issue 3, Page 1057-1117, June 2022., 2022
ABSTRACT Soil organisms drive major ecosystem functions by mineralising carbon and releasing nutrients during decomposition processes, which supports plant growth, aboveground biodiversity and, ultimately, human nutrition. Soil ecologists often operate with functional groups to infer the effects of individual taxa on ecosystem functions and services ...
Anton M. Potapov, Frédéric Beaulieu, Klaus Birkhofer, Sarah L. Bluhm, Maxim I. Degtyarev, Miloslav Devetter, Anton A. Goncharov, Konstantin B. Gongalsky, Bernhard Klarner, Daniil I. Korobushkin, Dana F. Liebke, Mark Maraun, Rory J. Mc Donnell, Melanie M. Pollierer, Ina Schaefer, Julia Shrubovych, Irina I. Semenyuk, Alberto Sendra, Jiri Tuma, Michala Tůmová, Anna B. Vassilieva, Ting‐Wen Chen, Stefan Geisen, Olaf Schmidt, Alexei V. Tiunov, Stefan Scheu   +25 more
wiley   +1 more source

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL IN LEAF-CUTTING ANTS, Atta sexdens (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE), USING PATHOGENIC FUNGI

Revista Árvore, 2021
Chemical control using toxic baits containing the active ingredient sulfluramid at 0.3% (w/w) is the main method for controlling leaf-cutting ants of the genera Atta and Acromyrmex.
Tarcísio Marcos Macedo Mota Filho, Luis Eduardo Pontes Stefanelli, Roberto da Silva Camargo, Carlos Alberto Oliveira de Matos, Luiz Carlos Forti   +4 more
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Metabolism And The Rise Of Fungus Cultivation By Ants [PDF]

, 2014
Most ant colonies are comprised of workers that cooperate to harvest resources and feed developing larvae. Around 50 million years ago (MYA), ants of the attine lineage adopted an alternative strategy, harvesting resources used as compost to produce ...
Kaspari, Michael, Kay, Adam, Mueller, Ulrich G., Santos, Juan C., Seal, Jon N., Shik, Jonathan Z.   +5 more
core   +1 more source

First Record of the Genus Mycetarotes (Emery, 1913) (Formicidae: Myrmicinae) from Colombia

Sociobiology, 2015
The genus Mycetarotes is a fungus-growing ant (Formicidae: Myrmicinae: Attini) mostly recorded south of the Amazon: in southeastern Brazil, Paraguay, and northern Argentina. Here we report the first record of this genus in Colombia: M. parallelus (Emery,
Andrés Fernando Sánchez, Claudia Alejandra Medina, Graham W Prescott   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparative Dating Of Attine Ant And Lepiotaceous Cultivar Phylogenies Reveals Coevolutionary Synchrony And Discord [PDF]

, 2010
The mutualistic symbiosis between fungus-gardening ants and their cultivars has made fundamental contributions to our understanding of the coevolution of complex species interactions.
Abbot, Patrick, Mikheyev, Alexander S., Mueller, Ulrich G.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Natural Parasitism in Acromyrmex landolti Forel (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in Pastures of Bahia, Brazil

Sociobiology, 2015
This study aimed to evaluate the occurrence of natural parasitism in Acromyrmex landolti Forel, identify parasitoids associated to the species and to estimate parasitism rates. The experiment was conducted from January to May 2012 in Itapetinga, BA.
Maria Aparecida Castellani, Milton Silva Rodrigues Júnior, Aldenise Alves Moreira, Michele Silva D'Esquivel, Edenilson Batista Ribeiro, Luiz Carlos Forti, Sebastién Lacau   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

The role of Streptomyces to achieve the United Nations sustainable development goals. Burning questions in searching for new compounds. [PDF]

Microb Biotechnol
Microbial Biotechnology, Volume 17, Issue 8, August 2024.
Rodríguez M, Cuervo L, Prado-Alonso L, González-Moreno MS, Olano C, Méndez C.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources