Agro-predation by Megalomyrmex ants on Mycetophylax fungusgrowing ants.

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorCardoso, Danon Clemes
dc.contributor.authorCristiano, Maykon Passos
dc.contributor.authorMilanez, Cinthia Borges da Costa
dc.contributor.authorHeinze, Jürgen
dc.date.accessioned2017-07-07T17:44:01Z
dc.date.available2017-07-07T17:44:01Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractFungus-growing ants are a remarkable taxon of New World ants that engage in a mutualistic symbiosis with basidiomycete fungi. Their fungus-gardens are valuable resources and are exploited in countless ways by parasites and other beneficiaries outside of the ant-fungi mutualism. Here, for the first time, we report on the agro-predatory behavior of the ant Megalomyrmex incisus on Mycetophylax conformis and Mycetophylax morschi fungus-growers from sand dunes near Ilhe´us, Brazil. Me. incisus workers raided colonies of My. conformis and My. morschi and aggressively antennated, pulled, bit, and stung the fungus-growers, which played dead or retreated on the fungus. Me.incisus quickly usurped the fungusgarden and expelled all Mycetophylax workers. The usurpation closely resembled that described for raids of Me. wettereri on Cyphomyrmex longiscapus, in that the fungus-growers remained passive and avoided confrontation. This passive behavior suggests that Me. incisus uses chemical weapons that facilitate the exploitation of the host colony resources.pt_BR
dc.identifier.citationCARDOSO, D. C. et al. Agro-predation by Megalomyrmex ants on Mycetophylax fungusgrowing ants. Insectes Sociaux, v. 63, n. 3, , p. 483–486, ago. 2016. Disponível em: <https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00040-016-0487-x>. Acesso em: 07 jul. 2017.pt_BR
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s00040-016-0487-x
dc.identifier.issn1420-9098
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.repositorio.ufop.br/handle/123456789/8196
dc.identifier.uri2https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00040-016-0487-xpt_BR
dc.language.isoen_USpt_BR
dc.rightsrestritopt_BR
dc.subjectFormicidaept_BR
dc.subjectBehaviorpt_BR
dc.subjectFungus-gardenpt_BR
dc.subjectAttinipt_BR
dc.subjectRestingapt_BR
dc.titleAgro-predation by Megalomyrmex ants on Mycetophylax fungusgrowing ants.pt_BR
dc.typeArtigo publicado em periodicopt_BR
Files
Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
ARTIGO_AgroPredationMegalomyrmex.pdf
Size:
627.26 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Download
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
license.txt
Size:
924 B
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description:
Download
Collections
DEBIO - Artigos publicados em periódicos