Daily foraging activity of Acromyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) leaf-cutting ants.

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Autor(a) principal: NICKELE, M. A.
Data de Publicação: 2016
Outros Autores: REIS FILHO, W., PIE, M. R., PENTEADO, S. do R. C.
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da EMBRAPA (Repository Open Access to Scientific Information from EMBRAPA - Alice)
Texto Completo: http://www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br/alice/handle/doc/1048085
Resumo: Leaf-cutting ants are well-known insects due to their remarkable activity as herbivores and the considerable economic damage they cause to many crops. The identification of season and time of day when leaf-cutting ants are most active is an important tool, not just to understand the foraging ecology of these ants, but also to optimize their control in plantation areas where they are pests. Thus, the aims of this study are to evaluate the daily foraging activity of leafcutting ant species of the genus Acromyrmex, which occur in forest plantations in Southern Brazil. Foraging activity of Acromyrmex crassispinus (Forel) and Acromyrmex subterraneus subterraneus (Forel) were correlated with weather conditions, and it was more intense during spring and summer. Workers that forage at night are significantly heavier than workers that forage during the day. This study showed that A. crassispinus and A. subterraneus subterraneus did not forage at temperatures below 10-11°C. Then, the use of granulated baits to control these leaf-cutting ants species where they are pests should be done just under favorable conditions of temperature for Acromyrmex foraging activity (over 12°C), to ensure maximum collection of baits by ants and the least left-over baits.
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spelling Daily foraging activity of Acromyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) leaf-cutting ants.AttiniEcology behaviorFormigaPraga de plantaFormicidaeForest pestsForest ecologyPinusLeaf-cutting ants are well-known insects due to their remarkable activity as herbivores and the considerable economic damage they cause to many crops. The identification of season and time of day when leaf-cutting ants are most active is an important tool, not just to understand the foraging ecology of these ants, but also to optimize their control in plantation areas where they are pests. Thus, the aims of this study are to evaluate the daily foraging activity of leafcutting ant species of the genus Acromyrmex, which occur in forest plantations in Southern Brazil. Foraging activity of Acromyrmex crassispinus (Forel) and Acromyrmex subterraneus subterraneus (Forel) were correlated with weather conditions, and it was more intense during spring and summer. Workers that forage at night are significantly heavier than workers that forage during the day. This study showed that A. crassispinus and A. subterraneus subterraneus did not forage at temperatures below 10-11°C. Then, the use of granulated baits to control these leaf-cutting ants species where they are pests should be done just under favorable conditions of temperature for Acromyrmex foraging activity (over 12°C), to ensure maximum collection of baits by ants and the least left-over baits.M. A. Nickele, UFPR; Wilson Reis Filho, Epagri / Embrapa Florestas; M. R. Pie, UFPR; SUSETE DO ROCIO CHIARELLO PENTEADO, CNPF.NICKELE, M. A.REIS FILHO, W.PIE, M. R.PENTEADO, S. do R. C.2016-06-30T11:11:11Z2016-06-30T11:11:11Z2016-06-3020162017-07-10T11:11:11Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleSociobiology, v. 63, n. 1, p. 645-650, Mar. 2016.http://www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br/alice/handle/doc/104808510.13102/sociobiology.v63i1.902enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Institucional da EMBRAPA (Repository Open Access to Scientific Information from EMBRAPA - Alice)instname:Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa)instacron:EMBRAPA2017-08-16T03:14:05Zoai:www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br:doc/1048085Repositório InstitucionalPUBhttps://www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br/oai/requestopendoar:21542017-08-16T03:14:05falseRepositório InstitucionalPUBhttps://www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br/oai/requestcg-riaa@embrapa.bropendoar:21542017-08-16T03:14:05Repositório Institucional da EMBRAPA (Repository Open Access to Scientific Information from EMBRAPA - Alice) - Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Daily foraging activity of Acromyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) leaf-cutting ants.
title Daily foraging activity of Acromyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) leaf-cutting ants.
spellingShingle Daily foraging activity of Acromyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) leaf-cutting ants.
NICKELE, M. A.
Attini
Ecology behavior
Formiga
Praga de planta
Formicidae
Forest pests
Forest ecology
Pinus
title_short Daily foraging activity of Acromyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) leaf-cutting ants.
title_full Daily foraging activity of Acromyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) leaf-cutting ants.
title_fullStr Daily foraging activity of Acromyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) leaf-cutting ants.
title_full_unstemmed Daily foraging activity of Acromyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) leaf-cutting ants.
title_sort Daily foraging activity of Acromyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) leaf-cutting ants.
author NICKELE, M. A.
author_facet NICKELE, M. A.
REIS FILHO, W.
PIE, M. R.
PENTEADO, S. do R. C.
author_role author
author2 REIS FILHO, W.
PIE, M. R.
PENTEADO, S. do R. C.
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv M. A. Nickele, UFPR; Wilson Reis Filho, Epagri / Embrapa Florestas; M. R. Pie, UFPR; SUSETE DO ROCIO CHIARELLO PENTEADO, CNPF.
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv NICKELE, M. A.
REIS FILHO, W.
PIE, M. R.
PENTEADO, S. do R. C.
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Attini
Ecology behavior
Formiga
Praga de planta
Formicidae
Forest pests
Forest ecology
Pinus
topic Attini
Ecology behavior
Formiga
Praga de planta
Formicidae
Forest pests
Forest ecology
Pinus
description Leaf-cutting ants are well-known insects due to their remarkable activity as herbivores and the considerable economic damage they cause to many crops. The identification of season and time of day when leaf-cutting ants are most active is an important tool, not just to understand the foraging ecology of these ants, but also to optimize their control in plantation areas where they are pests. Thus, the aims of this study are to evaluate the daily foraging activity of leafcutting ant species of the genus Acromyrmex, which occur in forest plantations in Southern Brazil. Foraging activity of Acromyrmex crassispinus (Forel) and Acromyrmex subterraneus subterraneus (Forel) were correlated with weather conditions, and it was more intense during spring and summer. Workers that forage at night are significantly heavier than workers that forage during the day. This study showed that A. crassispinus and A. subterraneus subterraneus did not forage at temperatures below 10-11°C. Then, the use of granulated baits to control these leaf-cutting ants species where they are pests should be done just under favorable conditions of temperature for Acromyrmex foraging activity (over 12°C), to ensure maximum collection of baits by ants and the least left-over baits.
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