Nest Architecture Development of Grass-Cutting Ants, Atta capiguara (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

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Autor(a) principal: Farias, Adriano Pimentel [UNESP]
Data de Publicação: 2020
Outros Autores: Camargo, Roberto da Silva [UNESP], Caldato, Nadia [UNESP], Forti, Luiz Carlos [UNESP]
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
Texto Completo: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1806-9665-RBENT-2020-0034
http://hdl.handle.net/11449/209504
Resumo: Atta capiguara grass-cutting ants are commonly found in the Cerrado biome, in open fields. Although grass-cutting ants build giant nests, little has been elucidated about this building pattern and when chambers and tunnels emerge. The present study describes the nest architecture development of A. capiguara grass-cutting ants from data on 31 cement-molded nests. A. capiguara nests grow with increases in the number of fungus chambers and emergence and increase of waste chambers and foraging tunnels. The structural growth of A. capiguara nests in the first year and a half of age (18 months) is vertical, with the building of the first chambers in the soil profile. After 18 months, the nests grow sideways with the addition of chambers and tunnels, and the first waste chambers appear. Between 18 and 54 months, the number of fungus chambers increases from 1-3 to 21-32, and the chambers are concentrated at the soil surface, although they can be found more than 3 in deep. In addition, the total volume of the waste chambers increases with the increment in the fungus chambers volume. Thus, this study contributes to understanding the nest architecture development of A. capiguara grass-cutting ants and demonstrates that the total volume of waste chambers is proportional to the total volume of fungus chambers suitable for the colony.
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spelling Nest Architecture Development of Grass-Cutting Ants, Atta capiguara (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)Arta nestsInternal nest architectureLeaf-cutting antsSocial insectAtta capiguara grass-cutting ants are commonly found in the Cerrado biome, in open fields. Although grass-cutting ants build giant nests, little has been elucidated about this building pattern and when chambers and tunnels emerge. The present study describes the nest architecture development of A. capiguara grass-cutting ants from data on 31 cement-molded nests. A. capiguara nests grow with increases in the number of fungus chambers and emergence and increase of waste chambers and foraging tunnels. The structural growth of A. capiguara nests in the first year and a half of age (18 months) is vertical, with the building of the first chambers in the soil profile. After 18 months, the nests grow sideways with the addition of chambers and tunnels, and the first waste chambers appear. Between 18 and 54 months, the number of fungus chambers increases from 1-3 to 21-32, and the chambers are concentrated at the soil surface, although they can be found more than 3 in deep. In addition, the total volume of the waste chambers increases with the increment in the fungus chambers volume. Thus, this study contributes to understanding the nest architecture development of A. capiguara grass-cutting ants and demonstrates that the total volume of waste chambers is proportional to the total volume of fungus chambers suitable for the colony.Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)Univ Estadual Paulista, Fac Ciencias Agronom, Dept Protecao Vegetal, Botucatu, SP, BrazilUniv Estadual Paulista, Fac Ciencias Agronom, Dept Protecao Vegetal, Botucatu, SP, BrazilCAPES: 001CNPq: 301-938/2017-2Soc Brasileira EntomologiaUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Farias, Adriano Pimentel [UNESP]Camargo, Roberto da Silva [UNESP]Caldato, Nadia [UNESP]Forti, Luiz Carlos [UNESP]2021-06-25T12:20:31Z2021-06-25T12:20:31Z2020-01-01info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/article5application/pdfhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1806-9665-RBENT-2020-0034Revista Brasileira De Entomologia. Curitiba: Soc Brasileira Entomologia, v. 64, n. 3, 5 p., 2020.0085-5626http://hdl.handle.net/11449/20950410.1590/1806-9665-RBENT-2020-0034S0085-56262020000300206WOS:000575123500001S0085-56262020000300206.pdfWeb of Sciencereponame:Repositório Institucional da UNESPinstname:Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)instacron:UNESPengRevista Brasileira De Entomologiainfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2024-04-30T18:07:20Zoai:repositorio.unesp.br:11449/209504Repositório InstitucionalPUBhttp://repositorio.unesp.br/oai/requestopendoar:29462024-08-05T18:40:04.022360Repositório Institucional da UNESP - Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Nest Architecture Development of Grass-Cutting Ants, Atta capiguara (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
title Nest Architecture Development of Grass-Cutting Ants, Atta capiguara (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
spellingShingle Nest Architecture Development of Grass-Cutting Ants, Atta capiguara (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Farias, Adriano Pimentel [UNESP]
Arta nests
Internal nest architecture
Leaf-cutting ants
Social insect
title_short Nest Architecture Development of Grass-Cutting Ants, Atta capiguara (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
title_full Nest Architecture Development of Grass-Cutting Ants, Atta capiguara (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
title_fullStr Nest Architecture Development of Grass-Cutting Ants, Atta capiguara (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
title_full_unstemmed Nest Architecture Development of Grass-Cutting Ants, Atta capiguara (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
title_sort Nest Architecture Development of Grass-Cutting Ants, Atta capiguara (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
author Farias, Adriano Pimentel [UNESP]
author_facet Farias, Adriano Pimentel [UNESP]
Camargo, Roberto da Silva [UNESP]
Caldato, Nadia [UNESP]
Forti, Luiz Carlos [UNESP]
author_role author
author2 Camargo, Roberto da Silva [UNESP]
Caldato, Nadia [UNESP]
Forti, Luiz Carlos [UNESP]
author2_role author
author
author
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Farias, Adriano Pimentel [UNESP]
Camargo, Roberto da Silva [UNESP]
Caldato, Nadia [UNESP]
Forti, Luiz Carlos [UNESP]
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Arta nests
Internal nest architecture
Leaf-cutting ants
Social insect
topic Arta nests
Internal nest architecture
Leaf-cutting ants
Social insect
description Atta capiguara grass-cutting ants are commonly found in the Cerrado biome, in open fields. Although grass-cutting ants build giant nests, little has been elucidated about this building pattern and when chambers and tunnels emerge. The present study describes the nest architecture development of A. capiguara grass-cutting ants from data on 31 cement-molded nests. A. capiguara nests grow with increases in the number of fungus chambers and emergence and increase of waste chambers and foraging tunnels. The structural growth of A. capiguara nests in the first year and a half of age (18 months) is vertical, with the building of the first chambers in the soil profile. After 18 months, the nests grow sideways with the addition of chambers and tunnels, and the first waste chambers appear. Between 18 and 54 months, the number of fungus chambers increases from 1-3 to 21-32, and the chambers are concentrated at the soil surface, although they can be found more than 3 in deep. In addition, the total volume of the waste chambers increases with the increment in the fungus chambers volume. Thus, this study contributes to understanding the nest architecture development of A. capiguara grass-cutting ants and demonstrates that the total volume of waste chambers is proportional to the total volume of fungus chambers suitable for the colony.
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http://hdl.handle.net/11449/209504
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WOS:000575123500001
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