Fat-Soluble Substance Flow During Symbiotic Fungus Cultivation by Leaf-Cutter Ants
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Resumo: | Leaf-cutter ants perform a series of specialized behaviors in preparing plant substrates for their symbiotic fungus. This process may be related to contamination of workers by substances such as insecticides, leading us to hypothesize that substances are spread among workers through behaviors they perform to grow the fungus. To test this hypothesis, we analyzed the behavioral acts of workers during the processing of the pellets by using a fat-soluble tracing dye, since the active ingredient that composes toxic baits, used for control of leaf-cutter ants, is fat-soluble. The frequencies of performed behaviors were recorded and the number of dyed workers was assessed after fungus cultivation. The most frequent behavior is allogrooming and corresponds to 45.87% of the contamination process in workers, followed by holding, licking, and cutting pellets, which account for 40.22% of the process. After pellet processing, the workers had their external and internal morphological structures marked by the tracing dye-93.75% and 79.25%, respectively. These results confirm that behaviors performed during fungus cultivation contribute to dispersing substances such as insecticides, causing the contamination of workers. |
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Fat-Soluble Substance Flow During Symbiotic Fungus Cultivation by Leaf-Cutter AntsAtta sexdensbehaviorcontaminationfungus gardenworkersLeaf-cutter ants perform a series of specialized behaviors in preparing plant substrates for their symbiotic fungus. This process may be related to contamination of workers by substances such as insecticides, leading us to hypothesize that substances are spread among workers through behaviors they perform to grow the fungus. To test this hypothesis, we analyzed the behavioral acts of workers during the processing of the pellets by using a fat-soluble tracing dye, since the active ingredient that composes toxic baits, used for control of leaf-cutter ants, is fat-soluble. The frequencies of performed behaviors were recorded and the number of dyed workers was assessed after fungus cultivation. The most frequent behavior is allogrooming and corresponds to 45.87% of the contamination process in workers, followed by holding, licking, and cutting pellets, which account for 40.22% of the process. After pellet processing, the workers had their external and internal morphological structures marked by the tracing dye-93.75% and 79.25%, respectively. These results confirm that behaviors performed during fungus cultivation contribute to dispersing substances such as insecticides, causing the contamination of workers.Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)Univ Estadual Paulista, Fac Ciencias Agron, Dept Protecao Vegetal, Botucatu, SP, BrazilUniv Fed Piaui, Campus Univ Ministro Petronio Portella, Teresina, PI, BrazilUniv Estadual Paulista, Fac Ciencias Agron, Dept Protecao Vegetal, Botucatu, SP, BrazilCAPES: 001CNPq: 301-938/2017-2Entomological Soc BrasilUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Univ Fed PiauiCatalani, G. C. [UNESP]Camargo, R. S. [UNESP]Sousa, K. K. A. [UNESP]Caldato, N. [UNESP]Silva, A. A. C.Forti, L. C. [UNESP]2020-12-10T19:40:25Z2020-12-10T19:40:25Z2019-11-07info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/article116-123http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13744-019-00718-0Neotropical Entomology. Londrina,: Entomological Soc Brasil, v. 49, n. 1, p. 116-123, 2020.1519-566Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/19630810.1007/s13744-019-00718-0WOS:000495044400002Web of Sciencereponame:Repositório Institucional da UNESPinstname:Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)instacron:UNESPengNeotropical Entomologyinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2024-04-30T18:07:33Zoai:repositorio.unesp.br:11449/196308Repositório InstitucionalPUBhttp://repositorio.unesp.br/oai/requestopendoar:29462024-08-05T20:49:26.891737Repositório Institucional da UNESP - Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)false |
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Fat-Soluble Substance Flow During Symbiotic Fungus Cultivation by Leaf-Cutter Ants |
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Fat-Soluble Substance Flow During Symbiotic Fungus Cultivation by Leaf-Cutter Ants |
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Fat-Soluble Substance Flow During Symbiotic Fungus Cultivation by Leaf-Cutter Ants Catalani, G. C. [UNESP] Atta sexdens behavior contamination fungus garden workers |
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Fat-Soluble Substance Flow During Symbiotic Fungus Cultivation by Leaf-Cutter Ants |
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Fat-Soluble Substance Flow During Symbiotic Fungus Cultivation by Leaf-Cutter Ants |
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Fat-Soluble Substance Flow During Symbiotic Fungus Cultivation by Leaf-Cutter Ants |
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Fat-Soluble Substance Flow During Symbiotic Fungus Cultivation by Leaf-Cutter Ants |
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Fat-Soluble Substance Flow During Symbiotic Fungus Cultivation by Leaf-Cutter Ants |
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Catalani, G. C. [UNESP] |
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Catalani, G. C. [UNESP] Camargo, R. S. [UNESP] Sousa, K. K. A. [UNESP] Caldato, N. [UNESP] Silva, A. A. C. Forti, L. C. [UNESP] |
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Camargo, R. S. [UNESP] Sousa, K. K. A. [UNESP] Caldato, N. [UNESP] Silva, A. A. C. Forti, L. C. [UNESP] |
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Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) Univ Fed Piaui |
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Catalani, G. C. [UNESP] Camargo, R. S. [UNESP] Sousa, K. K. A. [UNESP] Caldato, N. [UNESP] Silva, A. A. C. Forti, L. C. [UNESP] |
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Atta sexdens behavior contamination fungus garden workers |
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Atta sexdens behavior contamination fungus garden workers |
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Leaf-cutter ants perform a series of specialized behaviors in preparing plant substrates for their symbiotic fungus. This process may be related to contamination of workers by substances such as insecticides, leading us to hypothesize that substances are spread among workers through behaviors they perform to grow the fungus. To test this hypothesis, we analyzed the behavioral acts of workers during the processing of the pellets by using a fat-soluble tracing dye, since the active ingredient that composes toxic baits, used for control of leaf-cutter ants, is fat-soluble. The frequencies of performed behaviors were recorded and the number of dyed workers was assessed after fungus cultivation. The most frequent behavior is allogrooming and corresponds to 45.87% of the contamination process in workers, followed by holding, licking, and cutting pellets, which account for 40.22% of the process. After pellet processing, the workers had their external and internal morphological structures marked by the tracing dye-93.75% and 79.25%, respectively. These results confirm that behaviors performed during fungus cultivation contribute to dispersing substances such as insecticides, causing the contamination of workers. |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13744-019-00718-0 Neotropical Entomology. Londrina,: Entomological Soc Brasil, v. 49, n. 1, p. 116-123, 2020. 1519-566X http://hdl.handle.net/11449/196308 10.1007/s13744-019-00718-0 WOS:000495044400002 |
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Neotropical Entomology. Londrina,: Entomological Soc Brasil, v. 49, n. 1, p. 116-123, 2020. 1519-566X 10.1007/s13744-019-00718-0 WOS:000495044400002 |
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