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Establishing an ant-plant mutualism: foundress queen mortality and acquiring the third partner

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dc.creatorSánchez Andrade, Adrianaspa
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-26T00:11:40Z
dc.date.available2020-05-26T00:11:40Z
dc.date.created2016spa
dc.description.abstractIn the Neotropics, colonies of the ant Pseudomyrmex dendroicus are found in the hollow stems of Triplaris americana. The ants are obligate inhabitants of the ant-plant and they nest and reproduce exclusively in this myrmecophyte. However, this mutualistic association often involves a third partner, scale insects (Coccoidea, Hemiptera). Established colonies of this ant are always associated with scale insects and ants appear to be dependent on the honeydew excretions of their trophobionts. Acquisition of scale insects is therefore an important step in the successful establishment of a new colony. Domatia of juvenile host-plants were dissected to determine (1) how colonies are founded, (2) if there was evidence of co-dispersal between trophobionts and foundress queens. Colony foundation is claustral. Founding queens of Pseudomyrmex chew their entrance holes at the prostoma and then close the hole with debris. 104 queens were located with few or no workers. Of the 104 foundresses, 69 were found dead and only 32 had at least a single trophobiont. Although the association with trophobionts may prove vital to the establishment of the colony, these results indicate that scale insects do not seem to co-disperse with the foundress queens. © 2015, International Union for the Study of Social Insects (IUSSI).eng
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dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s00040-015-0450-2
dc.identifier.issn201812
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/24322
dc.language.isoengspa
dc.publisherBirkhauser Verlag AGspa
dc.relation.citationEndPage162
dc.relation.citationIssueNo. 1
dc.relation.citationStartPage155
dc.relation.citationTitleInsectes Sociaux
dc.relation.citationVolumeVol. 63
dc.relation.ispartofInsectes Sociaux, ISSN:201812, Vol.63, No.1 (2016); pp. 155-162spa
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dc.source.instnameinstname:Universidad del Rosariospa
dc.source.reponamereponame:Repositorio Institucional EdocURspa
dc.subject.keywordAntspa
dc.subject.keywordColony foundingspa
dc.subject.keywordDispersalspa
dc.subject.keywordHoneydewspa
dc.subject.keywordHost plantspa
dc.subject.keywordJuvenilespa
dc.subject.keywordMortalityspa
dc.subject.keywordMutualismspa
dc.subject.keywordNeotropic ecozonespa
dc.subject.keywordPlant-insect interactionspa
dc.subject.keywordQueenspa
dc.subject.keywordCoccoideaspa
dc.subject.keywordCucumis melo varspa
dc.subject.keywordInodorusspa
dc.subject.keywordFormicidaespa
dc.subject.keywordHemipteraspa
dc.subject.keywordProstomaspa
dc.subject.keywordPseudomyrmexspa
dc.subject.keywordPseudomyrmex dendroicusspa
dc.subject.keywordTriplarisspa
dc.subject.keywordTriplaris americanaspa
dc.subject.keywordAnt-plant interactionspa
dc.subject.keywordHemipteransspa
dc.subject.keywordMutualismspa
dc.subject.keywordPseudomyrmexspa
dc.subject.keywordTriplarisspa
dc.titleEstablishing an ant-plant mutualism: foundress queen mortality and acquiring the third partnerspa
dc.typearticleeng
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dc.type.spaArtículospa
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