Positive relationships between insects and negative with spiders on Acacia auriculiformis (Fabaceae) plants in the savannah biome and their distribution pattern

• Autor(a) principal: David Lopes Teixeira
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Germano Leão Demolin Leite, Laiza Ferreira da Silva, Ronnie Von dos Santos Veloso, Ricardo Siqueira da Silva, Patrícia Ferreira Santos Guanabens, Wiane Meloni Silva, Alex Sandro Paulo da Silva Junior, Eduardo José Micelli Munhoz, Janaína Baldez Gomes, José Cola Zanuncio
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UFMG
• Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.1590/1519-6984.260721; http://hdl.handle.net/1843/61354
• topic: Entomologia; Formigas; Insetos florestais; Recuperação ecológica; Artrópode

Forest restoration is mainly based on plant-soil relationships and plant species with economic potential, but those between insects and other arthropods are also important to this reestablishment. The objective was to evaluate, during 24 months, the relationships between tending ants, Hemiptera phytophagous, predators and their distribution pattern (aggregated, random or uniform). The arthropods were sampled, stored and identified and their relationships and distribution patterns calculated with the BioDiversity-Pro software. The number of tending ants and phytophagous Hemiptera, Brachymyrmex sp. and Aethalion reticulatum, Cephalotes and Aleyrodidae were positively correlated. Tending ants were negatively correlated with Sternorrhyncha predators on A. auriculiformis saplings. The distribution of arthropods was aggregated, except for Teudis sp. and Cephalocoema sp., with a random pattern. The herbivores Stereoma anchoralis, Aethalion reticulatum and Tetragonisca angustula and the predators Brachymyrmex sp. and Dolichopodidae were the most abundant arthropods. The relationships between the arthropods studied on A. auriculiformis indicate that this plant, even introduced, is suitable for programs to recover degraded areas in the savannah.