Ant and termite mound coinhabitants in the wetlands of Santo Antonio da Patrulha, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
| Autor: | Elena Diehl, E. Berti-Filho, Luciane Kern Junqueira |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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Wetland Isoptera Pheidole lcsh:Botany lcsh:Zoology Animals ant-termite association Ecosystem lcsh:QL1-991 lcsh:Science lcsh:QH301-705.5 Formicidae Termitidae geography geography.geographical_feature_category biology Behavior Animal Ecology Ants Ant colony biology.organism_classification ANT lcsh:QK1-989 Brachymyrmex associação formigas-térmitas lcsh:Biology (General) lcsh:Q Linepithema General Agricultural and Biological Sciences Brazil |
| Zdroj: | Brazilian Journal of Biology, Volume: 65, Issue: 3, Pages: 431-437, Published: AUG 2005 Brazilian Journal of Biology, Vol 65, Iss 3, Pp 431-437 Brazilian Journal of Biology v.65 n.3 2005 Brazilian Journal of Biology Instituto Internacional de Ecologia (IIE) instacron:IIE |
| Popis: | This paper reports on ant and termite species inhabiting the mounds (murundus) found in three wetland sites in Santo Antonio da Patrulha. Ants and termites were found in 100% of the mounds of two sites and in 20% of those in the third site. Colonies of Camponotus fastigatus were found inhabiting all the mounds, while colonies of Brachymyrmex sp., Linepithema sp., Pheidole sp., and/or Solenopsis sp. were collected in less than 30% of the mounds. In the mounds of the three sites, colonies of Anoplotermes sp. and/or Aparatermes sp. termites were found together with the ant colonies. Another cohabiting termite species, Cortaritermes sp., was found only in the mounds of one site. The results suggest that C. fastigatus is the species building the mounds, with the other species, whether ants or termites, being the inquilines. Neste trabalho são relatadas as espécies de formigas e de térmitas co-habitantes dos murundus em três áreas de zonas úmidas, no município de Santo Antônio da Patrulha, RS. Em todos os murundus foram encontradas colônias de formigas, sendo que Camponotus fastigatus ocorreu em 100% deles e, em menos de 30%, também havia colônias de Brachymyrmex sp., Linepithema sp., Pheidole sp. e/ou de Solenopsis sp. Co-habitando com as formigas, nos murundus das três áreas, foram encontradas colônias dos térmitas Anoplotermes sp. e/ou de Aparatermes sp. Uma terceira espécie de térmita co-habitante, Cortaritermes sp., foi encontrada apenas nos murundus de uma das áreas. Os dados obtidos sugerem que C. fastigatus seria a espécie construtora dos murundus e as demais espécies de formigas e de térmitas seriam inquilinas. |
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