Experimental Determination of Labidus coecus Army Ant Diet: Novel Evidence for a Feeding Strategy

IF 1.8 3区环境科学与生态学 Q3 ECOLOGY

Biotropica Pub Date : 2025-06-21 DOI:10.1111/btp.70054

Raquel Leite Castro de Lima, Aleph Martins de Menezes, Lucas Girard Moreira, Rafael Williams Baena Ferreira, Hilário Póvoas de Lima

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Abstract

Army ants prey mainly on invertebrates, occasionally attacking vertebrates. However, it remains unclear whether these attacks are defensive or for consumption. By testing the diet of Labidus coecus, we show that they can be attracted to vertebrate meat, which may expand the army ants' ecological role, spurring new research.

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小腹唇蚁食性的实验测定：食性策略的新证据

军蚁主要捕食无脊椎动物，偶尔也会攻击脊椎动物。然而，目前尚不清楚这些攻击是防御性的还是用于消费的。通过对蓝唇蚁的饮食进行测试，我们发现它们可以被脊椎动物的肉所吸引，这可能会扩大行军蚁的生态作用，从而激发新的研究。

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Biotropica 环境科学-生态学

CiteScore

4.10

自引率

9.50%

发文量

122

审稿时长

8-16 weeks

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