1971
DOI: 10.1017/s0007485300057898
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A Ponerine ant (Hym., Formicidae) associated with Homoptera on cocoa in Ghana

Abstract: The Ponerine ant Odontomachus haematodus (L.) tendsthe aphid Toxoptera aurantii (Boy.) and a StictococcidStictococcus sjostedti Ckll. on cocoa in Ghana but predates the mealybug Planococcoides njalensis (Laing). Tents are built over the first two, largely of soil particles. Honeydew is collected in the mandibles and carried to the nest or may be accumulated and eventually drunk. Some of the soil used in the tents is infected by blackpod sporangia. Tending homopters is restricted to the immediate vicinity of th… Show more

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“…1, Myers (1929);2, Evans;Leston (1971);3, Souza;Francini (2010); 4, ; 5, Marques et al obs. pess;6, Weber (1946);7, Lachaud et al (1982);8, Lachaud (1982);9, Pratt (1989);10, Lachaud (1990) bucket" (HÖLLDOBLER, 1985;.…”
Section: ) Inferências Ecológicasmentioning
confidence: 98%
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“…1, Myers (1929);2, Evans;Leston (1971);3, Souza;Francini (2010); 4, ; 5, Marques et al obs. pess;6, Weber (1946);7, Lachaud et al (1982);8, Lachaud (1982);9, Pratt (1989);10, Lachaud (1990) bucket" (HÖLLDOBLER, 1985;.…”
Section: ) Inferências Ecológicasmentioning
confidence: 98%
“…Fora da Região Neotropical, outro registro do gênero em interação foi documentado entre O. troglodytes Santschi, 1914 com afídeos da espécie Toxoptera aurantii (Boyer De Fonscolombe, 1841) e coccídeos da espécie Stichococcus sjostedti Cockerell, 1903 (EVANS;LESTON, 1971). Para a proteção dos hemípteros, as formigas construíram "tetos" ou abrigos a partir de partículas de solo.…”
Section: ) Interações Entre Nefs Hemípteros E Poneromorfasunclassified
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“…When the carton was broken apart, many N. fulva workers scrambled out of the shelters and the juniper aphids or tuliptree scales (Toumeylla liriodendri (Gmelin); Coccidae) that were previously covered were vis- ible. Many ants, like Acropyga, Formica, Lasius, Odontomachus and Oecophylla, build protective shelters of soil and plant debris, or carton, over honeydew producing hemipterans (Wheeler 1910;Way 1963;Evans & Leston 1971). These shelters are thought to protect the hemipterans from adverse environments (Way 1963;Helms & Vinson 2002), thereby increasing hemipteran populations and the availability of honeydew for the ant colony (Dejean et al 1997).…”
Section: Hemipterans Associated With Nylanderia Fulvamentioning
confidence: 99%
“…En general la mayoría de los trabajos sobre las relaciones entre estos dos grupos se refieren a especies concretas (Evans y Leston, 1971;Pontin, 1978;Delfino y Buffa, 2000, entre otros) o a aspectos generales en este tipo de relaciones (Sudd, 1987;Bristow, 1991a y b;Sakata, 1994), siendo escasos los estudios referidos al total de especies en un área o hábitat concreto. Este tipo de estudios es de gran interés porque permite testar el nivel de plasticidad específica en las relaciones hormiga-áfido.…”
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