XLII.—<i>Ants from British Guiana</i>

Crawley, William

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“…Trophobiosis, already reported once [11] , seems frequent, but can only be confirmed if observers have access to the uppermost part of the canopy (e.g., a fallen tree; or through the use of canopy access methods) or find a colony restricted to low vegetation. Also, D. armigerum workers prevented Camponotus sp.…”

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“…Also, carbohydrates seem limited in the diet of this species. Indeed, trophobiosis has been reported only once for workers tending coccids [11] . Yet, life for arboreal ants, particularly those species with large colonies, cannot only be based on the results of their predatory activity, so that their ability to exploit different plant-derived food sources such as extrafloral nectar and the honeydew of sap-sucking hemipterans is primordial [12] – [14] .…”

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The Ecology and Feeding Habits of the Arboreal Trap-Jawed Ant Daceton armigerum

Déjean

Delabie²,

Corbara³

et al. 2012

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Here we show that Daceton armigerum, an arboreal myrmicine ant whose workers are equipped with hypertrophied trap-jaw mandibles, is characterized by a set of unexpected biological traits including colony size, aggressiveness, trophobiosis and hunting behavior. The size of one colony has been evaluated at ca. 952,000 individuals. Intra- and interspecific aggressiveness were tested and an equiprobable null model used to show how D. armigerum colonies react vis-à-vis other arboreal ant species with large colonies; it happens that D. armigerum can share trees with certain of these species. As they hunt by sight, workers occupy their hunting areas only during the daytime, but stay on chemical trails between nests at night so that the center of their home range is occupied 24 hours a day. Workers tend different Hemiptera taxa (i.e., Coccidae, Pseudococcidae, Membracidae and Aethalionidae). Through group-hunting, short-range recruitment and spread-eagling prey, workers can capture a wide range of prey (up to 94.12 times the mean weight of foraging workers).

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The Ecology and Feeding Habits of the Arboreal Trap-Jawed Ant Daceton armigerum

Déjean

Delabie²,

Corbara³

et al. 2012

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“…coecus." Crawley (1916) noted this underappreciation, writing that L. coecus in Guyana is "a common species, but owing to its habit of burrowing beneath the surface of the soil it is not frequently observed." Smith (1965) wrote that L. coecus: "is a native and widely distributed species, ranging from Oklahoma and Arkansas to Texas and Louisiana, and south to Argentina."…”

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Geographic distribution of Labidus coecus (Latr.) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), a subterranean army ant

Wetterer¹,

Snelling²

2015

JHR

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Labidus coecus (Latreille) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) is a New World subterranean army ant with an extensive geographic range. We compiled and mapped >650 site records for L. coecus, documenting the earliest known report for 27 geographic areas (countries, US states, and major West Indian islands), including three for which there are no previously published records: Margarita, Tobago, and Trinidad. With the new records, L. coecus has now been reported from 20 countries in Central and South America (all except Chile), three West Indian islands (Margarita, Trinidad, and Tobago), and four US states (Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas). The range of L. coecus appears to be essentially continuous, from Buenos Aires, Argentina in the south (~34.6°S) to Delaware County, Oklahoma in the north (~36.6°N). The three West Indian islands with L. coecus populations are all continental shelf islands that were connected to South America during periods of lower sea levels a few thousand years ago, so L. coecus populations on these islands have only recently become isolated. Labidus coecus commonly nests in caves, a microhabitat that may allow it to live in regions with otherwise inhospitable climates. Although recent papers listed L. coecus as an exotic species in North America, we found no evidence that L. coecus is exotic to any part of its known range.

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Studies on the predatory biology of oriental dacetine ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) I. Some japanese species ofStrumigenys, Pentastruma, andEpitritus, and a malaysianLabidogenys, with special reference to hunting tactics in short-mandibulate forms

Masuko

1984

Ins. Soc

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XLII.—Ants from British Guiana

Cited by 11 publications

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The Ecology and Feeding Habits of the Arboreal Trap-Jawed Ant Daceton armigerum

The Ecology and Feeding Habits of the Arboreal Trap-Jawed Ant Daceton armigerum

Geographic distribution of Labidus coecus (Latr.) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), a subterranean army ant

Studies on the predatory biology of oriental dacetine ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) I. Some japanese species ofStrumigenys, Pentastruma, andEpitritus, and a malaysianLabidogenys, with special reference to hunting tactics in short-mandibulate forms

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