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

IF 0.7 4区农林科学 Q4 ENTOMOLOGY

Sociobiology Pub Date : 2021-06-14 DOI:10.13102/SOCIOBIOLOGY.V68I2.6166

Cássio Zocca, F. Curbani, Rodrigo B. Ferreira, Cecília Weichert, T. Sobrinho, A. C. Srbek‐Araujo

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Abstract

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, guard and maintenance of the nests, orientation mode, and intraspecific interactions performed by D. lucida. We found three nests distant from each other at least 8.5 m, and the mean reached distance by a worker was 3.8 m. The workers showed colony fidelity and random forage in their territory. We observed two non-agonistic interactions between workers from the same nest, and two agonistic interactions between foraging workers from different nests. The low frequency of agonistic interactions suggests that workers from different nests are unlikely to forage in the same area. Our results expand the knowledge on ants’ natural history through data on foraging activities, guard and maintenance of the nests, orientation mode and intraspecific interactions.

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大蚁生命中的一天——亮斑蝶，1901年（膜翅目，蚁科）：活动和种内相互作用的记录

蚂蚁有各种各样的筑巢地点、觅食习惯和营养相互作用，但大多数物种的生物学仍然未知。亮斑蝶是一种昆虫形态的蚂蚁森林专家和孤独的觅食者，是巴西大西洋森林的特有物种。在此，我们描述了D.lucida的觅食活动、巢穴的保护和维护、定向模式以及种内相互作用。我们发现三个巢穴相距至少8.5米，一名工人的平均到达距离为3.8米。工人在他们的领地上表现出群体忠诚度和随机觅食。我们观察到来自同一巢穴的工作人员之间的两种非激动性互动，以及来自不同巢穴的觅食工作人员之间两种激动性互动。痛苦互动的频率很低，这表明来自不同巢穴的工蚁不太可能在同一区域觅食。我们的研究结果通过觅食活动、巢穴的保护和维护、定向模式和种内相互作用的数据扩展了对蚂蚁自然史的了解。

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Sociobiology 生物-昆虫学

CiteScore

1.60

自引率

11.10%

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审稿时长

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.