Evolutionary responses of solitary and social Hymenoptera to predation by primates and overwhelmingly powerful vertebrate predators

Field response of acromyrmex crassispinu

Field response of acromyrmex crassispinus (forel) to aggression by atta sexdens (linn.) and predation by labidus praedator (fr. smith) (hymenoptera: Formicidae)

✍ H. G. Fowler 📂 Article 📅 1977 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 322 KB

Aggression between colonies of the leaf-cutting ants, Acromyrmex crassispinus and Atta sexdens, was followed in the field. A. sexdens dominated the A. crassispinus nest, but did not overcome it. The A. crassispinus nest was subsequently raided by Labidus praedator, which took larvae and pupae withou