Occurrence of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Banisteriopsis laevifolia (A.Juss.) B.Gates (Malpighiaceae) in São Paulo State, Brazil

Survey of leaf-cutting ant species in the central region of the state of Tocantins, Brazil

“…Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) are eusocial insects classified into 17 extant subfamilies, 39 extant tribes, and about 17,000 extant species (AntWeb, 2021). They play key roles in different habitats, such as urban and rural areas (Mbenoun Masse et al, 2017;Souza-Campana et al, 2020), forests (Wilkie et al, 2010), and caves (Dáttilo et al, 2012), interacting with many organisms (Sebastiani et al, 2017), acting as ecosystem engineers (Toro et al, 2012;Martins et al, 2020), and, due to their high diversity and abundance, as reliable biological indicators (Choe, 2012;Santos-Silva et al, 2016).…”