Atividade forrageadora de Acromyrmex laticeps nigrosetosus Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) em povoamento de eucalipto

Marco da Silva Araujo; Terezinha Maria Castro Della Lucia; Carlos Alberto Lima; Danival Jose de Souza; Ethel Fernandes Petternelli

doi:10.4025/actasciagron.v24i0.2370

Foraging activity of Acromyrmex laticeps nigrosetosus Forel (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in Eucalyptus stands

Marco da Silva Araujo UFV
Terezinha Maria Castro Della Lucia UFV
Carlos Alberto Lima UFV
Danival Jose de Souza UFV
Ethel Fernandes Petternelli UFV

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4025/actasciagron.v24i0.2370

Abstract

This work was conducted from November 1994 to February 1995 in Eucalyptus camaldulensis (Myrtaceae) stands in Paraopeba, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, to study some aspects of foraging habits of Acromyrmex laticeps nigrosetosus Forel, during two periods of twenty-four hours each month it was observed that the foraging activity of this leaf-cutter occurred mostly at night and lasted 12 hours. A negative correlation between ant flow in the trail and air temperature was obtained but increases in relative humidity increased workers' flow. Longer trails were observed when there were no secondary trails and the area explored by the colonies averaged 9.24m². The medium length of the main trails was 4.08 m and it varied from 2.10 to 8.83 m

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Author Biography

Terezinha Maria Castro Della Lucia, UFV

possui graduação em Ciências Biológicas pela Purdue University (1975) , mestrado em Fitotecnia (Produção Vegetal) pela Universidade Federal de Viçosa (1979) e doutorado em Fitotecnia (Produção Vegetal) pela Universidade Federal de Viçosa (1983) . Atualmente é PROFESSORA TITULAR da Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Revisor de periódico da Ciência Rural, Revisor de periódico da Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, Revisor de periódico da Journal of Applied Entomology, Revisor de periódico da Insectes Sociaux (0020-1812), Revisor de periódico da Neotropical Entomology, Revisor de periódico da Acta Scientiarum. Agronomy (Online) e Revisor de periódico da Revista Brasileira de Entomologia. Tem experiência na área de Zoologia , com ênfase em Zoologia Aplicada. Atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: Chelonus Insularis, Combate, Controle Biologico, Controle Quimico, Formicidas e Formigas cortadeiras Currículo Lattes

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Published

2008-04-30

How to Cite

Araujo, M. da S., Castro Della Lucia, T. M., Lima, C. A., de Souza, D. J., & Petternelli, E. F. (2008). Foraging activity of Acromyrmex laticeps nigrosetosus Forel (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in Eucalyptus stands. Acta Scientiarum. Agronomy, 24, 1321-1325. https://doi.org/10.4025/actasciagron.v24i0.2370

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Vol 24 (2002)

Section

Agronomy

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