THAUMATOMYRMEX STRIPS MILLIPEDES FOR PREY - A NOVEL PREDATORY BEHAVIOR IN ANTS, AND THE 1ST CASE OF SYMPATRY IN THE GENUS (HYMENOPTERA, FORMICIDAE)

dc.contributorUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-20T15:20:54Z
dc.date.available2014-05-20T15:20:54Z
dc.date.created2014-05-20T15:20:54Z
dc.date.issued1991-01-01
dc.identifierInsectes Sociaux. Basel: Birkhauser Verlag Ag, v. 38, n. 4, p. 335-344, 1991.
dc.identifier0020-1812
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/32107
dc.identifier10.1007/BF01241869
dc.identifierWOS:A1991GY86900001
dc.description.abstractWe describe, for the first time, the predatory behaviour of Thaumatomyrmex ants on millipedes of the family Polyxenidae, based on field observations of T. atrox and a field and laboratory study of T. contumax. The capture of the prey and the removal process of its body-covering setae by the ants before they eat the millipede are described. This specialized behaviour in at least two species of the genus, belonging to two distinct groups of species, indicates a general trend in Thaumatomyrmex. We coupled this study with a comparative morphological analysis of the mouthparts and digestive tube of these and other Thaumatomyrmex species. Also, we report the first case of sympatry in the genus, which suggests that Thaumatomyrmex includes several species. and not only one highly variable taxon, as hypothesized earlier.
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherBirkhauser Verlag Ag
dc.relationInsectes Sociaux
dc.relation1.675
dc.relation0,918
dc.rightsAcesso restrito
dc.sourceWeb of Science
dc.subjectTHAUMATOMYRMEX
dc.subjectTAXONOMY
dc.subjectCOMPARATIVE MORPHOLOGY
dc.subjectPREDATION
dc.subjectPOLYXENIDAE
dc.titleTHAUMATOMYRMEX STRIPS MILLIPEDES FOR PREY - A NOVEL PREDATORY BEHAVIOR IN ANTS, AND THE 1ST CASE OF SYMPATRY IN THE GENUS (HYMENOPTERA, FORMICIDAE)
dc.typeArtículos de revistas


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