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In Silico Molecular Studies of Antiophidic Properties of the Amazonian Tree Cordia nodosa Lam. [PDF]

Molecules, 2019
We carried out surveys on the use of Cordia nodosa Lam. in the jungles of Bobonaza (Ecuador). We documented this knowledge to prevent its loss under the Framework of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Nagoya Protocol.
Carmen X. Luzuriaga-Quichimbo, José Blanco-Salas, Luz María Muñoz-Centeno, Rafael Peláez, Carlos E. Cerón-Martínez, Trinidad Ruiz-Téllez   +5 more
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Mutualistic interactions between ants and fungi: A review. [PDF]

Ecol Evol, 2023
We review the mutualistic interactions between ants and fungi. Neotropical myrmicine Attina cultivate Basidiomycota for food, the same being true for certain “plant‐ants” associated with myrmecophytes that also feed on Ascomycota fungi. Otherwise, these Ascomycota have antibacterial properties.
Dejean A, Azémar F, Naskrecki P, Tindo M, Rossi V, Faucher C, Gryta H.   +6 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Do Host Plant and Associated Ant Species Affect Microbial Communities in Myrmecophytes? [PDF]

Insects, 2019
Ant-associated microorganisms can play crucial and often overlooked roles, and given the diversity of interactions that ants have developed, the study of the associated microbiomes is of interest.
Mario X. Ruiz-González, Céline Leroy, Alain Dejean, Hervé Gryta, Patricia Jargeat, Angelo D. Armijos Carrión, Jérôme Orivel   +6 more
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Ant Diversity and Stratification in an Amazonian Rainforest. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
We examined the three strata of an Amazonian rainforest (e.g., the ground and leaf litter, understory and canopy) using only two sampling techniques and analyzed their functional traits. We identified 494 ant species from 10 subfamilies and 77 genera over ≈3.0 ha, showing that they are species rich and abundant, particularly at ground level.
Delabie JHC, Dejean A, Leponce M, Longino JT, Orivel J, Touchard A, Compin A.   +6 more
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Relação entre diferentes espécies de formigas e a mirmecófita Cordia nodosa Lamarck (Boraginaceae) em áreas de mata ripária na Amazônia mato-grossense Relationship among different plant-ants and its myrmecophite host Cordia nodosa Lamarck (Boraginaceae) in a riparian Mato Grosso Amazonian forest [PDF]

Acta Amazonica, 2011
Os benefícios obtidos por um organismo em uma associação mutualística podem variar em função de fatores ambientais, bem como entre as diferentes espécies que podem estar associadas.
Thiago Junqueira Izzo, Adarilda Peneti-Benelli   +1 more
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A new Chlerogelloides from northeastern Brazil and French Guiana, with a key to the species (Hymenoptera, Halictidae) [PDF]

ZooKeys, 2012
A third species of the rare augochlorine bee genus Chlerogelloides Engel et al. (Halictinae, Augochlorini) is described and figured. Chlerogelloides nexosa sp. n. is most similar to the type species, C.
Favizia Oliveira, Michael Engel, Thiago Mahlmann   +2 more
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Foraging by predatory ants: A review. [PDF]

Insect Sci
This review focuses on ecological and behavioral characteristics of foraging in ants showing the wide diversity of cases. Most ants can feed on sugary substances, but some ground‐nesting species are strict predators. Except army ants during the nomadic phase, they are central‐place foragers that can recruit nestmates when necessary. They prey mostly on
Dejean A, Orivel J, Cerdá X, Azémar F, Corbara B, Touchard A.   +5 more
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The predatory behavior of ants: an impressive panoply of morphological adaptations. [PDF]

Insect Sci
This review focuses on predation in ants, showing the wide diversity of cases from solitary foraging to group hunting tactics, as well as the evolution of mandible shape frequently adapted to capture specific prey. Although most ants are generalist feeders, finding their sugary substances directly on plants or indirectly via sap‐sucking insects, some ...
Dejean A, Cerdá X, Orivel J, Azémar F, Wild AL, Corbara B, Touchard A.   +6 more
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Pest categorisation of Morganella longispina. [PDF]

EFSA J
Abstract Following the commodity risk assessment of Acer palmatum plants grafted on Acer davidii from China, in which Morganella longispina (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) was identified as a pest of possible concern, the European Commission requested the EFSA Panel on Plant Health to conduct a pest categorisation of M.
EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH), Vicent Civera A, Baptista P, Berlin A, Chatzivassiliou E, Cubero J, Cunniffe N, de la Peña E, Desneux N, Di Serio F, Filipiak A, Gonthier P, Hasiów-Jaroszewska B, Jactel H, Landa BB, Maistrello L, Makowski D, Milonas P, Papadopoulos N, Potting R, Susi H, van der Gaag DJ, Gobbi A, Kertesz V, Maiorano A, Antonatos S, Papachristos D, Sfyra O.   +27 more
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Estudo de Mirmecodomáceos em algumas espécies de Boraginaceae, Chrysobalanaceae, Melastomataceae e Rubiaceae [PDF]

Acta Amazonica, 1978
Resumo Procura-se neste trabalho elucidar algumas hipóteses levantadas a respeito da associação "plantas-formigas" (Mirmecófitas) em algumas espécies de Boraginaceae (Cordia nodosa Lam.), Chrysobalanaceae (Hirtella duckei Hub.), Melastomataceae (Tococa ...
Germano Guarim Neto, Neuza M. Asakawa
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