Oviposition, life cycle, and longevity of the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex rugosus rugosus

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Autor(a) principal: Verza, Sandra S. [UNESP]
Data de Publicação: 2017
Outros Autores: Mussury, Rosilda M., Camargo, Roberto S. [UNESP], Andrade, Ana Paula P. [UNESP], Forti, Luiz C. [UNESP]
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
Texto Completo: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects8030080
http://hdl.handle.net/11449/175029
Resumo: Studies related to the demography of individual members from ant colonies have received little attention, although they are the basis to understanding the population dynamics of colonies. Thus, the objective of this work was to study the queen oviposition rate and the duration of the life cycle and longevity of Acromyrmex rugosus rugosus workers. To determine the oviposition rate, queens from three colonies were individually placed in plastic containers, and the eggs laid were quantified over a 96 h period. The development of the immature forms was observed every 24 h, with which the duration of each stage of development was determined. To verify the longevity of workers, the newly emerged adults were marked and daily observations were made. According to the results, there is variation in the development time of immature forms within the colony itself and between colonies. In addition, the number of eggs deposited was also inconstant in the three colonies, ranging from 5 to 119 eggs per day, while the longevity of workers varied from 3 to 7 months. Occasionally, it was found that the workers feed on the eggs produced by the queen; besides, there was a disappearance of larvae and pupae during the research, indicating a possibility of the practice of cannibalism in this species.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Oviposition, life cycle, and longevity of the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex rugosus rugosus
title Oviposition, life cycle, and longevity of the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex rugosus rugosus
spellingShingle Oviposition, life cycle, and longevity of the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex rugosus rugosus
Verza, Sandra S. [UNESP]
Cannibalism
Leaf-cutting ants
Life cycle
Oviposition
Worker longevity
title_short Oviposition, life cycle, and longevity of the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex rugosus rugosus
title_full Oviposition, life cycle, and longevity of the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex rugosus rugosus
title_fullStr Oviposition, life cycle, and longevity of the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex rugosus rugosus
title_full_unstemmed Oviposition, life cycle, and longevity of the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex rugosus rugosus
title_sort Oviposition, life cycle, and longevity of the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex rugosus rugosus
author Verza, Sandra S. [UNESP]
author_facet Verza, Sandra S. [UNESP]
Mussury, Rosilda M.
Camargo, Roberto S. [UNESP]
Andrade, Ana Paula P. [UNESP]
Forti, Luiz C. [UNESP]
author_role author
author2 Mussury, Rosilda M.
Camargo, Roberto S. [UNESP]
Andrade, Ana Paula P. [UNESP]
Forti, Luiz C. [UNESP]
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
UFGD
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Verza, Sandra S. [UNESP]
Mussury, Rosilda M.
Camargo, Roberto S. [UNESP]
Andrade, Ana Paula P. [UNESP]
Forti, Luiz C. [UNESP]
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Cannibalism
Leaf-cutting ants
Life cycle
Oviposition
Worker longevity
topic Cannibalism
Leaf-cutting ants
Life cycle
Oviposition
Worker longevity
description Studies related to the demography of individual members from ant colonies have received little attention, although they are the basis to understanding the population dynamics of colonies. Thus, the objective of this work was to study the queen oviposition rate and the duration of the life cycle and longevity of Acromyrmex rugosus rugosus workers. To determine the oviposition rate, queens from three colonies were individually placed in plastic containers, and the eggs laid were quantified over a 96 h period. The development of the immature forms was observed every 24 h, with which the duration of each stage of development was determined. To verify the longevity of workers, the newly emerged adults were marked and daily observations were made. According to the results, there is variation in the development time of immature forms within the colony itself and between colonies. In addition, the number of eggs deposited was also inconstant in the three colonies, ranging from 5 to 119 eggs per day, while the longevity of workers varied from 3 to 7 months. Occasionally, it was found that the workers feed on the eggs produced by the queen; besides, there was a disappearance of larvae and pupae during the research, indicating a possibility of the practice of cannibalism in this species.
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