Three phylogenetically distinct and culturable diazotrophs are perennial symbionts of leaf‐cutting ants [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2021 The obligate mutualistic basidiomycete fungus, Leucocoprinus gongylophorus, mediates nutrition of leaf‐cutting ants with carbons from vegetal matter. In addition, diazotrophic Enterobacteriales in the fungus garden and intestinal Rhizobiales supposedly ...
Renata de Oliveira Aquino Zani +2 more
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Contamination and mortality of leaf-cutting ant workers by the quinone inside inhibitor fungicide after social interactions [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 Leaf-cutting ants of the genera Atta and Acromyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) are the most important pests in forest and agricultural plantations and livestock. Toxic baits are the main method to manage these insects.
Tamires Scudillio +6 more
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Harmful Effects of Pyraclostrobin on the Fat Body and Pericardial Cells of Foragers of Africanized Honey Bee [PDF]
Toxics, 2022 Managed honey bees are daily exposed in agricultural settings or wild environments to multiple stressors. Currently, fungicide residues are increasingly present in bees’ pollen and nectar and can harm colonies’ production and survival.
Lais V. B. Inoue +4 more
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Effects of Entomopathogenic Fungi on Individuals as Well as Groups of Workers and Immatures of Atta sexdens rubropilosa Leaf-Cutting Ants [PDF]
Insects, 2020 In 2009, sulfluramid, the main ingredient in toxic baits for leaf-cutting ant control, was included in Annex B of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants.
Luis Eduardo Pontes Stefanelli +4 more
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Ultrastructural Changes in the Midgut of Brazilian Native Stingless Bee Melipona scutellaris Exposed to Fungicide Pyraclostrobin [PDF]
Toxics, 2023 Melipona scutellaris is a Brazilian stingless bee that is important for pollinating wild flora and agriculture crops. Fungicides have been widely used in agriculture, and floral residues can affect forager bees.
Caio E. C. Domingues +5 more
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Associações de aves com insetos sociais: um sumário no Sudeste do Brasil [PDF]
Iheringia - Serie Zoologia, 2015 RESUMO As aves podem se agregar a diversos tipos de insetos sociais (formigas, vespas, cupins). Estas associações podem ser agrupadas em três tipos, um deles relacionado a atividade alimentar e dois, a atividade reprodutiva: 1) forragear seguindo formigas de correição; 2) nidificar nas proximidades de colônias ativas de vespas e formigas; 3) nidificar ...
Ivan Sazima, Sazima Ivan
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Nest Digging by Leaf-Cutting Ants: Effect of Group Size and Functional Structures
Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 2012 Leaf-cutting ant workers dig underground chambers, for housing their symbiotic fungus, interconnected by a vast quantity of tunnels whose function is to permit the entrance of food (leaves), gaseous exchanges, and movement of workers, offspring, and the ...
Roberto da Silva Camargo +2 more
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Predatory Behavior of Canthon virens (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae): A Predator of Leafcutter Ants
Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 2012 We present a detailed description of the predatory behavior of the beetle Canthon virens Mannerheim, 1829, on the leafcutter ant Atta sp. We observed 51 acts of predation, which were also recorded on film and subjected to behavioral analysis.
Luiz Carlos Forti +3 more
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Comparative Immature Morphology of Brazilian Fire Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Solenopsis)
Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 2012 Although common in Brazil, the biology of the fire ant Solenopsis saevissima (Smith) is still poorly studied. Larval descriptions are useful to genus-level ant systematics and sometimes to species-level taxonomy.
Eduardo Gonçalves Paterson Fox +5 more
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Oviposition, Life Cycle, and Longevity of the Leaf-Cutting Ant Acromyrmex rugosus rugosus [PDF]
Insects, 2017 Studies related to the demography of individual members from ant colonies have received little attention, although they are the basis to understanding the population dynamics of colonies.
Sandra S. Verza +4 more
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