To exchange or not to exchange liquid food: is that the question for foraging leaf‐cutting ant workers?

Autor: Gabriela Christal Catalani, Roberto da Silva Camargo, Tarcisio Marcos Macedo Mota Filho, Kátia Kaelly Andrade Sousa, Carlos Alberto Oliveira Matos, Nádia Caldato, Nilson Satoru Nagamoto, José Cola Zanuncio, Luiz Carlos Forti
Přispěvatelé: Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV)
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Scopus
Repositório Institucional da UNESP
Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
instacron:UNESP
ISSN: 1570-7458
0013-8703
DOI: 10.1111/eea.13133
Popis: Made available in DSpace on 2022-04-29T08:38:16Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2022-03-01 Leaf-cutting ants forage fresh plants in the field to cultivate the symbiotic fungus in their nests. The trophallaxis rates in leaf-cutting ants may be related to liquid foraging behavior and exchanging liquid food with other ants inside the nest. The liquid foraging and liquid food exchange in laboratory colonies of the leaf-cutting ant Atta sexdens (L.) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae, Attini) were studied to test whether liquid food is transferred to inside-nest workers by foragers. The foragers commonly ingested liquid when provided with a liquid source and performed different behaviors, such as self- and allogrooming, but without food exchange (oral trophallaxis) to the workers inside the nest. The liquid foraging was not related to food exchange with workers inside the nest. We suggest that liquid foraging meets the individual worker needs without liquid exchange among ants inside their colonies. Departamento de Proteção Vegetal Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas. Botucatu Campus Experimental de Itapeva Universidade Estadual Paulista. Itapeva Departamento de Entomologia/BIOAGRO Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Minas Gerais Departamento de Proteção Vegetal Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas. Botucatu Campus Experimental de Itapeva Universidade Estadual Paulista. Itapeva
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