Fat-Soluble Substance Flow During Symbiotic Fungus Cultivation by Leaf-Cutter Ants

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Autor(a) principal: Catalani, G. C. [UNESP]
Data de Publicação: 2019
Outros Autores: Camargo, R. S. [UNESP], Sousa, K. K. A. [UNESP], Caldato, N. [UNESP], Silva, A. A. C., Forti, L. C. [UNESP]
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
Texto Completo: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13744-019-00718-0
http://hdl.handle.net/11449/196308
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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spelling 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
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Fat-Soluble Substance Flow During Symbiotic Fungus Cultivation by Leaf-Cutter Ants
title Fat-Soluble Substance Flow During Symbiotic Fungus Cultivation by Leaf-Cutter Ants
spellingShingle Fat-Soluble Substance Flow During Symbiotic Fungus Cultivation by Leaf-Cutter Ants
Catalani, G. C. [UNESP]
Atta sexdens
behavior
contamination
fungus garden
workers
title_short Fat-Soluble Substance Flow During Symbiotic Fungus Cultivation by Leaf-Cutter Ants
title_full Fat-Soluble Substance Flow During Symbiotic Fungus Cultivation by Leaf-Cutter Ants
title_fullStr Fat-Soluble Substance Flow During Symbiotic Fungus Cultivation by Leaf-Cutter Ants
title_full_unstemmed Fat-Soluble Substance Flow During Symbiotic Fungus Cultivation by Leaf-Cutter Ants
title_sort Fat-Soluble Substance Flow During Symbiotic Fungus Cultivation by Leaf-Cutter Ants
author Catalani, G. C. [UNESP]
author_facet Catalani, G. C. [UNESP]
Camargo, R. S. [UNESP]
Sousa, K. K. A. [UNESP]
Caldato, N. [UNESP]
Silva, A. A. C.
Forti, L. C. [UNESP]
author_role author
author2 Camargo, R. S. [UNESP]
Sousa, K. K. A. [UNESP]
Caldato, N. [UNESP]
Silva, A. A. C.
Forti, L. C. [UNESP]
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
Univ Fed Piaui
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Catalani, G. C. [UNESP]
Camargo, R. S. [UNESP]
Sousa, K. K. A. [UNESP]
Caldato, N. [UNESP]
Silva, A. A. C.
Forti, L. C. [UNESP]
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Atta sexdens
behavior
contamination
fungus garden
workers
topic Atta sexdens
behavior
contamination
fungus garden
workers
description 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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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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http://hdl.handle.net/11449/196308
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