Pycnoscelus surinamensis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Blaberoidea: Blaberidae), a cockroach with a possible association with the ant Brachymyrmex cordemoyi Forel, 1895 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and which may be exhibiting a domiciliation trend.

Moretti, Thiago de Carvalho; Maris Quiran, Estela; Solis, Daniel Russ; Rossi, Monica Lanzoni; Thyssen, Patricia Jacqueline

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Symbiosis. Dordrecht: Springer, v. 53, n. 1, p. 37-39, 2011.

0334-5114

http://hdl.handle.net/11449/725

http://acervodigital.unesp.br/handle/11449/725

10.1007/s13199-010-0101-3

WOS:000289210600004

http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13199-010-0101-3

http://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/850916

Author

Moretti, Thiago de Carvalho

Maris Quiran, Estela

Solis, Daniel Russ

Rossi, Monica Lanzoni

Thyssen, Patricia Jacqueline

Institutions

Universidade Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (Brasil)

Abstract

In the present paper, we report on the occurrence of the cockroach Pycnoscelus surinamensis (Linnaeus, 1758) in Brachymyrmex cordemoyi Forel, 1895 nests, indicating a possible symbiosis between these two species. Also, the finding of intradomicile P. surinamensis nymphs may indicate this species is extending its habitat to human habitations, i.e. changing its ecological category from peridomestic to domestic.

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Ant

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