1980
DOI: 10.2307/3671240
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Observations of Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Visiting Extrafloral Nectaries of the Barrel Cactus, Ferocactus gracilis Gates (Cactaceae), in Baja California, Mexico

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“…La prueba de presión del gáster demostró gran abundancia de alimento líquido lo que confirmó la relación hormiga-nectarios extraflorales, caso muy frecuente en ecosistemas de zonas áridas (Pickett & Clark, 1979;Blom & Clark, 1980;Ruffener & Clark, 1986;Pemberton, 1988;Oliveira et al, 1999).…”
Section: Entomofaunaunclassified
“…La prueba de presión del gáster demostró gran abundancia de alimento líquido lo que confirmó la relación hormiga-nectarios extraflorales, caso muy frecuente en ecosistemas de zonas áridas (Pickett & Clark, 1979;Blom & Clark, 1980;Ruffener & Clark, 1986;Pemberton, 1988;Oliveira et al, 1999).…”
Section: Entomofaunaunclassified
“…(Almeida et al, 2010), to name a few. Alternatively, studies dealing with EFNs in cacti are more limited, except those previously indicated and those of Weingart (1920a,b), Pickett and Clark (1979), Blom and Clark (1980), Mauseth (1982), Ruffner and Clark (1986), Oliveira et al (1999), among a few others.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 97%
“…& Bigelow) Benson, they are present as secretory glands (Pickett and Clark, 1979); in Ferocactus gracilis H.E. Gates, the glandular spines secrete droplets of sweet concentrated nectar on the upper side of the areoles (Blom and Clark, 1980); in Ancistrocactus scheeri (Salm-Dyck) Britton & Rose, they occur on the tubercles and never mix with the spines (Mauseth, 1982); in Echinocactus polycephalus Engelm. & Bigelow, they are located above the areoles, and in Carnegiea gigantea (Engelm.)…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 98%
“…La relación entre la hormiga Crematogaster opuntiae Buren y la cactácea Opuntia acanthocarpa Engelmann & Bigelow en el noreste de Phoenix, Arizona (Pickett & Clark, 1979). Las once hormigas visitantes sobre Ferocactus gracilis Gates (Blom & Clark, 1980 (Pemberton,1988). Dos especies de hormigas, Crematogaster depilis Wheeler e Iridomyrmex pruninosus Royer en Ferocactus cylindraceus (Engelmann) Orcutt (Ruffener & Clark, 1986;Hunt, 1999).…”
Section: Introductionunclassified