Effects of Eight Years of Collecting on the Persistence of Liometopum apiculatum Ant Nests in Rangelands of Charcas, San Luis Potosí, Mexico

IF 0.7 4区农林科学 Q4 ENTOMOLOGY

Sociobiology Pub Date : 2024-05-15 DOI:10.13102/sociobiology.v71i2.10082

Julio César Zavala-Sánchez, J. A. Reyes-Agüero, Priscila Lara-Juárez, Pedro Castillo Lara, Alicia Grajales-Lagunes, Rogelio Aguirre-Rivera

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Abstract

In Mexico, the pupae of the reproductive castes of the ant Liometopum apiculatum, escamoles, are highly valued in traditional and gourmet cuisine in the country’s central region. Escamoles are collected during the dry season of the year. The recommended collecting process is to open the ant nest by removing soil until the rearing chamber and the trabeculae with attached escamoles are found. A well-managed ant nest can be collected repeatedly for approximately 12 to 40 years. In Charcas municipality, San Luis Potosí, Mexico, 400 ant nests were located and checked under two land tenure conditions: the Laguna Seca private ranch and the Pocitos communal ejido. The exploitation of escamoles on both tenures was characterized by recording the number of dead and live ant nests. This work evaluated the condition of the ant nests registered in 2012 after eight years. The hypothesis was that ant nests’ survival would be greater in the private than in the communal land. The percentage of living ant nests on the ejido decreased by 35.67%. In contrast, on the ranch, it was 26.88%. The percentage of relocated ant nests was lower on the ejido, 37.43%, compared to the ranch, which was 48.1%. The number of dead ant nests on the ejido increased to 33.51% and on the ranch 15.0%. As predicted by the hypothesis, ant nest survival was higher on the private ranch than on the communal ejido lands because of stronger control of the extraction process.

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八年采集对墨西哥圣路易斯波托西州查尔卡斯牧场中 Liometopum apiculatum 蚂蚁巢持久性的影响

在墨西哥，蚂蚁 Liometopum apiculatum 生殖种群的蛹 escamoles 在该国中部地区的传统美食中具有很高的价值。Escamoles 在一年中的旱季采集。建议的采集方法是打开蚁巢，清除泥土，直到找到蚁巢的饲养室和附着有埃斯卡莫尔的小梁。一个管理良好的蚁巢可以重复采集大约 12 到 40 年。在墨西哥圣路易斯波托西州的查尔卡斯市，在两种土地使用权条件下找到并检查了 400 个蚁巢：拉古纳塞卡私人牧场和波西托斯公社。通过记录死蚂蚁窝和活蚂蚁窝的数量，对两块土地上的蚁穴开发情况进行了描述。这项工作对 2012 年登记的蚁巢在八年后的状况进行了评估。根据假设，私人土地上的蚁巢存活率要高于公共土地上的蚁巢存活率。结果表明，私人土地上的蚁巢存活率下降了 35.67%。相比之下，牧场上的蚁巢存活率为 26.88%。搬迁蚁巢的比例在 ejido 上较低，为 37.43%，而在牧场上则为 48.1%。蚂蚁死巢穴的数量在 "农庄 "增加到 33.51%，在 "牧场 "增加到 15.0%。正如假设所预测的那样，私人牧场上的蚁巢存活率高于公有 ejido 土地上的蚁巢存活率，这是因为采掘过程受到了更严格的控制。

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Sociobiology 生物-昆虫学

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1.60

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3 months

期刊介绍： SOCIOBIOLOGY publishes high quality articles that significantly contribute to the knowledge of Entomology, with emphasis on social insects. Articles previously submitted to other journals are not accepted. SOCIOBIOLOGY publishes original research papers and invited review articles on all aspects related to the biology, evolution and systematics of social and pre-social insects (Ants, Termites, Bees and Wasps). The journal is currently expanding its scope to incorporate the publication of articles dealing with other arthropods that exhibit sociality. Articles may cover a range of subjects such as ecology, ethology, morphology, population genetics, physiology, toxicology, reproduction, sociobiology, caste differentiation as well as economic impact and pest management.