Nesting biology of the fungus growing ants Mycetarotes Emery (Attini, Formicidae)


Autoria(s): Solomon, S. E.; Mueller, U. G.; Schultz, T. R.; Currie, C. R.; Price, S. L.; da Silva-Pinhati, ACO; Bacci, M.; Vasconcelos, H. L.
Contribuinte(s)

Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)

Data(s)

20/05/2014

25/10/2016

20/05/2014

25/10/2016

01/01/2004

Resumo

Fungus-growing ants of the genus Mycetarotes are among the least studied in the tribe Attini. This report documents nest architecture and worker population numbers for 19 nests of M. parallelus and 5 nests of M. acutus, including the first such report for M. acutus. This new information is integrated with the scant biological information reported on Mycetarotes to date. The resulting picture of Mycetarotes life history, as well as the relative ease with which large numbers of nests can be collected and observed in the field, suggest that Mycetarotes (particularly M. parallelus) is an ideal model system for the study of coevolution of lower-attine ants and their cultivated fungi.

Identificador

Insectes Sociaux. Basel: Birkhauser Verlag Ag, v. 51, n. 4, p. 333-338, 2004.

0020-1812

http://hdl.handle.net/11449/683

http://acervodigital.unesp.br/handle/11449/683

10.1007/s00040-004-0742-4

WOS:000225536400004

http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00040-004-0742-4

Idioma(s)

eng

Publicador

Birkhauser Verlag Ag

Relação

Insectes Sociaux

Direitos

info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess

Palavras-Chave #Mycetarotes #nesting biology #colony size #Attini #fungus-growing ants
Tipo

outro