Reciprocal interference between ants and stingless bees attending the honeydew-producing homopteran Aetalion reticulatum (Homoptera : Aetalionidae)

dc.creatorAlmeida-Neto, M
dc.creatorIzzo, TJ
dc.creatorRaimundo, RLG
dc.creatorRossa-Feres, DC
dc.date2003
dc.date2014-08-01T18:33:13Z
dc.date2015-11-26T18:01:31Z
dc.date2014-08-01T18:33:13Z
dc.date2015-11-26T18:01:31Z
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-29T00:43:06Z
dc.date.available2018-03-29T00:43:06Z
dc.identifierSociobiology. Calif State Univ, v. 42, n. 2, n. 369, n. 380, 2003.
dc.identifier0361-6525
dc.identifierWOS:000184385500012
dc.identifierhttp://www.repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/80626
dc.identifierhttp://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/80626
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/1291995
dc.descriptionWe evaluated the reciprocal effects between foragers of the ants Camponotus crassus and of the stingless bees Trigona hyalinata on aggregations of the honeydew-producing treehopper Aetation reticulatum The interactions were observed in Bauhinia variegata (Caesalpiniaceae) and Mangifera indica (Anacardiaceae) trees. We recorded the presence/absence of each attendant species in homopteran aggregations to test if the observed co-occurrence is lower than that expected by chance. An exclusion experiment was performed in which each attendant species was excluded from aggregations in order to test if an attendant species is more likely to occupy aggregations where the other attendant is not present. We also recorded the number of individuals of each attendant species in homopteran aggregations to search for any correlation between homopteran and attendant abundances. Additionally, we performed experiments using termites (Termitidae, Isoptera) as models to verify if the attendant species have the potential to defend A. reticulatum against natural enemies. The co-occurrence of attendant species was lower than that expected by chance. Homopteran aggregations without stingless bees were more visited by ants than those in which T. hyalinata was present, and vice-versa. The abundance of stingless bees was proportional to homopteran abundance, while ants abundance was not correlated to homopteran abundance. Both attendant species attacked the natural enemies models when we glued the termites ca. 1 cm away from homopteran aggregations, but only ants removed termites glued 5-7 cm away from aggregations. We suggest that the effects of non-formicid attendants should be included as another factor influencing the costs and benefits of ant-homopteran interactions, since honeydew availability for ants also depends on the presence and behavior of interspecific attendants.
dc.description42
dc.description2
dc.description369
dc.description380
dc.languageen
dc.publisherCalif State Univ
dc.publisherChico
dc.publisherEUA
dc.relationSociobiology
dc.relationSociobiology
dc.rightsaberto
dc.sourceWeb of Science
dc.subjectCamponotus crassus
dc.subjectdefensive behavior
dc.subjectmutualism
dc.subjecttrophobiosis
dc.subjectterritoriality
dc.subjectTrigona hyalinata
dc.subjectMembracid Mutualism
dc.subjectDensity-dependence
dc.subjectProtection
dc.subjectNectaries
dc.subjectCompetition
dc.subjectAssociation
dc.titleReciprocal interference between ants and stingless bees attending the honeydew-producing homopteran Aetalion reticulatum (Homoptera : Aetalionidae)
dc.typeArtículos de revistas


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