A Day in the Life of the Giant Ant Dinoponera lucida Emery, 1901 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae): Records of Activities and Intraspecific Interactions

A Day in the Life of the Giant Ant Dinoponera lucida Emery, 1901 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae): Records of Activities and Intraspecific Interactions

Ants present a wide variety of nesting sites, feeding habits, and trophic interactions, but the biology of most species remains unknown. Dinoponera lucida is a poneromorph ant forest-specialist and solitary forager, endemic to the Brazil’s Atlantic Forest. Herein we describe foraging activities, gua...

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Main Authors: Cássio Zocca, Flávio Curbani, Rodrigo B. Ferreira, Cecília Weichert, Tathiana Guerra Sobrinho, Ana Carolina Srbek-Araujo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana 2021-06-01
Series:Sociobiology
Subjects:
foraging behavior
orientation sense
guard
maintenance
intraspecific interactions
Online Access:http://periodicos.uefs.br/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/6166

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