Características biológicas e comportamentais de Neodohrniphora elongata Brown (Diptera, Phoridae), um parasitóide da saúva Atta sexdens rubropilosa Forel (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

Bragança, Marcos A. L.; Tonhasca, Athayde; Lúcia, Terezinha Maria Castro Della

doi:10.1590/s0085-56262009000400009

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“…These were individually taken into test tubes (13 mm X 100 mm) sealed with cotton and also kept in the acclimatized chambers. This procedure was adhered to for up to 15 days, at the end of which the parasitized ants are expected to be all dead (Bragança & Medeiros, 2006;Bragança et al, 2009a). In the same day of the ant's death or at most in the following day, the parasitized ants were inspected to check for the presence of phorid pupae in different parts of the host or next to it.…”

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“…Oviposition by Eibesfeldtphora spp. that parasitize A. sexdens occurs on the posterior part of the worker's head (Tonhasca, 1996;Bragança et al, 2009a) in contrast with E. erthali, that uses the gaster of A. laevigata (Bragança et al, 2002), thus indicating that the larvae somehow migrates towards the head capsule of the ant. Table 2.…”

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“…A number of phorid species show inclination for attacking workers at different sites along the trails or in the foraging area; they may also show distinct attack behavior (Erthal & Tonhasca, 2000;Tonhasca et al, 2001;Bragança et al, 2009a). Phorid females seem to be attracted to their hosts by chemical and visual signals.…”

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“…The discovery of these adverse effects on ant work demonstrates a possible contribution of these flies to management of leaf-cutting ants. Several studies were conducted during the last decade aimed at increasing the knowledge of the biodiversity, geographical distribution, and biological and ecological characteristics of the parasitoid phorids, especially those concerned with Atta (Disney et al, 2006;Bragança et al, 2009a;Brown et al, 2010;Bragança, 2011;Guillade&Folgarait, 2011;Uribe et al, 2014).…”

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Phorid Flies Parasitizing Leaf-Cutting Ants: Their Occurrence, Parasitism Rates, Biology and the First Account of Multiparasitism

Bragança¹,

Arruda²,

Souza³

et al. 2016

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The leaf-cutting ants Atta sexdens (Linnaeus) and Atta laevigata (Smith) were parasitized by the following phorid flies: Apocephalus attophilus Borgmeier, Apocephalus vicosae Disney, Myrmosicarius grandicornis Borgmeier and species of Eibesfeldtphora Disney. It is also related here that the area of occurrence of phorids parasitizing A. sexdens was extended to include Central Brazil. The rate of parasitism on A. sexdens was three times lower than the rate found on A. laevigata; most common flies were, respectively, M. grandicornis in A. sexdens and A. attophilus in A. laevigata. This last phorid showed the shortest life span but the higher percentage of emergence. Multiparasitism on workers of A. sexdens and of A. laevigata involving three combinations of four phorid species was rare and is here related for the first time for leaf-cutting ants.

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Phorid Flies Parasitizing Leaf-Cutting Ants: Their Occurrence, Parasitism Rates, Biology and the First Account of Multiparasitism

Bragança¹,

Arruda²,

Souza³

et al. 2016

Sociobiology

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“…Species of leaf cutter ants are exclusive to neotropical regions and their importance in these areas has been largely documented in agroecosystems where they result in great economic losses (BOARETO; FORTI, 1997;BURRATO et al, 2012). In natural environments, the leaf cutters also cause significant damage to plant communities, although, due to the presence of natural enemies, this damage is not so harmful to the whole community (BRAGANÇA et al, 2009).…”

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poral dynamic of foraging of epigeic ants in an urban forest fragment

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ABSTRACT:The present study aimed to investigate the foraging dynamic of an ant community in an urban semideciduous mesophitic forest. A total of 4,297 individuals, distributed in 23 species, seven genera and four subfamilies were sampled in January, April, July and October of 2010. Four ant species guilds were found: leaf cutters, soil-dominant omnivores, soil and vegetation opportunists and large-sized epigaeic predators. There were no significant differences in total of species richness and abundance of individuals in samples among the months evaluated. However, there was a clear substitution (turnover) of species over the months. Nine species were sampled exclusively in the rainy period and five species were present only during the dry period. Thus, the species turnover over the months support the hypothesis that ant communities present a temporal dynamics in their foraging activities even in an urban forest fragment. In general, the abundance of ants foraging on soil was greatest during the months with greater rainfall. However, two species belonging to the guild of opportunistic ants from soil and vegetation doubled the number of foraging individuals in period during the months with less precipitation. These findings support that ant communities, independent of isolation and environment (urban or natural), have temporal dynamics that arise from factors relating to the biology and behavior of the group.

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Managing leaf-cutting ants: peculiarities, trends and challenges

2013

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Leaf-cutting ants are generally recognized as important pest species in Neotropical America. They are eusocial insects that exhibit social organization, foraging, fungus-cultivation, hygiene and a complex nest structure, which render their management notoriously difficult. A lack of economic thresholds and sampling plans focused on the main pest species preclude the management of leaf-cutting ants; such management would facilitate their control and lessen insecticide overuse, particularly the use of insecticidal baits. Recent restrictions on the use of synthetic compounds for such purposes impose additional challenges for the management of leaf-cutting ants. Considerable effort has been exerted regarding these challenges, which are addressed herein, but which also remain challenges that are yet to be conquered.

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Características biológicas e comportamentais de Neodohrniphora elongata Brown (Diptera, Phoridae), um parasitóide da saúva Atta sexdens rubropilosa Forel (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

Cited by 19 publications

References 24 publications

Phorid Flies Parasitizing Leaf-Cutting Ants: Their Occurrence, Parasitism Rates, Biology and the First Account of Multiparasitism

Phorid Flies Parasitizing Leaf-Cutting Ants: Their Occurrence, Parasitism Rates, Biology and the First Account of Multiparasitism

poral dynamic of foraging of epigeic ants in an urban forest fragment

Managing leaf-cutting ants: peculiarities, trends and challenges

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