dc.contributorUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.contributorUniv Western Sao Paulo
dc.contributorUniv Fed Piaui
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-04T12:36:46Z
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-19T18:08:36Z
dc.date.available2019-10-04T12:36:46Z
dc.date.available2022-12-19T18:08:36Z
dc.date.created2019-10-04T12:36:46Z
dc.date.issued2019-04-01
dc.identifierNeotropical Entomology. Londrina,: Entomological Soc Brasil, v. 48, n. 2, p. 349-355, 2019.
dc.identifier1519-566X
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/185582
dc.identifier10.1007/s13744-018-0652-1
dc.identifierWOS:000463007400018
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/5366634
dc.description.abstractOur study seeks to discover contamination routes of leaf-cutting worker ants during chemical control by formicide baits. To do so, toxic baits containing fat-soluble tracer dye were provided to colonies of three subspecies of Acromyrmex under laboratory conditions, in order to assess the proportion of dyed workers by size category, as well as dyed internal morphological structures. Results showed that nearly 50% of the workers come into contact with the active ingredient, since the internal structures of their bodies are dyed by the fat-soluble tracer dye within the first 24h from contact with the toxic bait. In addition, the three subspecies of leaf-cutting ants present a similarity as to the contamination of their workers, probably due to their specialized behavior performed during the growth of the fungus garden with the baits. We conclude that the workers' pattern of behavior during fungus garden growth was the main means for dispersion of a fat-soluble substance among approximately half of the nest mates in our experiments, serving as a model for further studies on contamination of worker ants with insecticides.
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherEntomological Soc Brasil
dc.relationNeotropical Entomology
dc.rightsAcesso restrito
dc.sourceWeb of Science
dc.subjectAcromyrmex subterraneus subterraneus
dc.subjectAcromyrmex subterraneus brunneus
dc.subjectAcromyrmex subterraneus molestans
dc.titleContamination Route of Leaf-Cutting Worker Ants Analyzed Through a Fat-Soluble Tracer Dye in Toxic Bait
dc.typeArtículos de revistas


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