Occurrence of polygyny in Acromyrmex subterraneus molestans Santschi 1925 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

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Autor(a) principal: Souza,Danival José de
Data de Publicação: 2004
Outros Autores: Lino Neto,José, Lucia,Terezinha M. C. Della, Peternelli,Ethel
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Ciência Rural
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Resumo: Polygyny denotes the coexistence of two or more mated and fertile queens in the colony. A colony of Acromyrmex subterraneus molestans Santschi containing 14 queens was collected on campus of the Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Brazil, aiming to verify if they were all egg-layers and fertile . The volume of the fungus garden in the nest was about 500 ml with a large number of larvae and pupae. Observation of the ovarian development and spermathecae indicates that 13 queens had copulated and ovary did not show morphological differences among them. This could indicate that polygyny is not accidental and may represent an adaptative strategy to optimize the development of the initial colony in A. subterraneus molestans.
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spelling Occurrence of polygyny in Acromyrmex subterraneus molestans Santschi 1925 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)leaf-cutting antsadaptative strategyevolutionPolygyny denotes the coexistence of two or more mated and fertile queens in the colony. A colony of Acromyrmex subterraneus molestans Santschi containing 14 queens was collected on campus of the Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Brazil, aiming to verify if they were all egg-layers and fertile . The volume of the fungus garden in the nest was about 500 ml with a large number of larvae and pupae. Observation of the ovarian development and spermathecae indicates that 13 queens had copulated and ovary did not show morphological differences among them. This could indicate that polygyny is not accidental and may represent an adaptative strategy to optimize the development of the initial colony in A. subterraneus molestans.Universidade Federal de Santa Maria2004-10-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782004000500045Ciência Rural v.34 n.5 2004reponame:Ciência Ruralinstname:Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM)instacron:UFSM10.1590/S0103-84782004000500045info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSouza,Danival José deLino Neto,JoséLucia,Terezinha M. C. DellaPeternelli,Etheleng2004-09-03T00:00:00ZRevista
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Occurrence of polygyny in Acromyrmex subterraneus molestans Santschi 1925 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
title Occurrence of polygyny in Acromyrmex subterraneus molestans Santschi 1925 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
spellingShingle Occurrence of polygyny in Acromyrmex subterraneus molestans Santschi 1925 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Souza,Danival José de
leaf-cutting ants
adaptative strategy
evolution
title_short Occurrence of polygyny in Acromyrmex subterraneus molestans Santschi 1925 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
title_full Occurrence of polygyny in Acromyrmex subterraneus molestans Santschi 1925 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
title_fullStr Occurrence of polygyny in Acromyrmex subterraneus molestans Santschi 1925 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
title_full_unstemmed Occurrence of polygyny in Acromyrmex subterraneus molestans Santschi 1925 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
title_sort Occurrence of polygyny in Acromyrmex subterraneus molestans Santschi 1925 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
author Souza,Danival José de
author_facet Souza,Danival José de
Lino Neto,José
Lucia,Terezinha M. C. Della
Peternelli,Ethel
author_role author
author2 Lino Neto,José
Lucia,Terezinha M. C. Della
Peternelli,Ethel
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Souza,Danival José de
Lino Neto,José
Lucia,Terezinha M. C. Della
Peternelli,Ethel
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv leaf-cutting ants
adaptative strategy
evolution
topic leaf-cutting ants
adaptative strategy
evolution
description Polygyny denotes the coexistence of two or more mated and fertile queens in the colony. A colony of Acromyrmex subterraneus molestans Santschi containing 14 queens was collected on campus of the Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Brazil, aiming to verify if they were all egg-layers and fertile . The volume of the fungus garden in the nest was about 500 ml with a large number of larvae and pupae. Observation of the ovarian development and spermathecae indicates that 13 queens had copulated and ovary did not show morphological differences among them. This could indicate that polygyny is not accidental and may represent an adaptative strategy to optimize the development of the initial colony in A. subterraneus molestans.
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