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

✍ Scribed by H. G. Fowler

Book ID: 101349100
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1977
Tongue: English
Weight: 322 KB
Volume: 3
Category: Article
ISSN: 0096-140X
DOI: 10.1002/1098-2337(1977)3:4<385::aid-ab2480030407>3.0.co;2-7

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✦ Synopsis

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 without killing the colony. Aggression between the leaf-cutting ant colonies lasted 17 days. Microgyne production and nest displacement in the attacked A. crassispinus colony may be atrributed t o stress.