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Ant-tended hemiptera in Amazonian myrmecophytes: Patterns of abundance and implications for mutualism function (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

We assessed how the abundance of ant-tended Hemiptera associated with two Amazonian myrmecophytes, Tococa bullifera and Maieta guianensis, varied as a function of resident ant species. We collected five species or morpho-species of adult hemiptera in the domatia of M. guianensis, with four of these...

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Autor principal: Lapola, David Montenegro
Outros Autores: Bruna, Emilio M., Willink, Cristina Granara de, Vasconcelos, Heraldo L.
Grau: Artigo
Idioma: English
Publicado em: Sociobiology 2020
Assuntos:
Azteca
Coccoidea
Crematogaster Laevis
Formicidae
Hemiptera
Hymenoptera
Insecta
Maieta Guianensis
Melastomataceae
Pheidole Minutula
Pseudococcidae
Tococa Bullifera
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spelling oai:repositorio:1-16379 Ant-tended hemiptera in Amazonian myrmecophytes: Patterns of abundance and implications for mutualism function (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Lapola, David Montenegro Bruna, Emilio M. Willink, Cristina Granara de Vasconcelos, Heraldo L. Azteca Coccoidea Crematogaster Laevis Formicidae Hemiptera Hymenoptera Insecta Maieta Guianensis Melastomataceae Pheidole Minutula Pseudococcidae Tococa Bullifera We assessed how the abundance of ant-tended Hemiptera associated with two Amazonian myrmecophytes, Tococa bullifera and Maieta guianensis, varied as a function of resident ant species. We collected five species or morpho-species of adult hemiptera in the domatia of M. guianensis, with four of these species also found in Tococa bullifera. Maieta guianensis plants inhabited by Crematogaster laevis had over four-fold more hemiptera in them than plants inhabited by Pheidole minutula. In contrast, the density of hemiptera in Tococa bullifera domatia was independent of the species of ant resident. For each of the two ant species inhabiting Maieta guianensis, there was a positive and significant relationship between the abundance of hemiptera and workers inhabiting a plant. This relationship was also significant and positive for the Tococa bullifera plants inhabited by C. laevis. However, there was no relationship between Azteca worker and hemipteran density, although there was a trend towards a positive relationship. Our results indicate that hemipteran abundance can vary significantly between different myrmecophyte species, but that the nature of this relationship is mediated by the identity of the ant associate. Because hemipterans are herbivores, the costs and benefits of different ant partners to the host plant may vary in ways that are often overlooked. 2020-06-04T13:50:33Z 2020-06-04T13:50:33Z 2005 Artigo https://repositorio.inpa.gov.br/handle/1/16379 en Volume 46, Número 2, Pags. 433-442 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Brazil http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/br/ application/pdf Sociobiology
institution Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia - Repositório Institucional
collection INPA-RI
language English
topic Azteca
Coccoidea
Crematogaster Laevis
Formicidae
Hemiptera
Hymenoptera
Insecta
Maieta Guianensis
Melastomataceae
Pheidole Minutula
Pseudococcidae
Tococa Bullifera
spellingShingle Azteca
Coccoidea
Crematogaster Laevis
Formicidae
Hemiptera
Hymenoptera
Insecta
Maieta Guianensis
Melastomataceae
Pheidole Minutula
Pseudococcidae
Tococa Bullifera
Lapola, David Montenegro
Ant-tended hemiptera in Amazonian myrmecophytes: Patterns of abundance and implications for mutualism function (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
topic_facet Azteca
Coccoidea
Crematogaster Laevis
Formicidae
Hemiptera
Hymenoptera
Insecta
Maieta Guianensis
Melastomataceae
Pheidole Minutula
Pseudococcidae
Tococa Bullifera
description We assessed how the abundance of ant-tended Hemiptera associated with two Amazonian myrmecophytes, Tococa bullifera and Maieta guianensis, varied as a function of resident ant species. We collected five species or morpho-species of adult hemiptera in the domatia of M. guianensis, with four of these species also found in Tococa bullifera. Maieta guianensis plants inhabited by Crematogaster laevis had over four-fold more hemiptera in them than plants inhabited by Pheidole minutula. In contrast, the density of hemiptera in Tococa bullifera domatia was independent of the species of ant resident. For each of the two ant species inhabiting Maieta guianensis, there was a positive and significant relationship between the abundance of hemiptera and workers inhabiting a plant. This relationship was also significant and positive for the Tococa bullifera plants inhabited by C. laevis. However, there was no relationship between Azteca worker and hemipteran density, although there was a trend towards a positive relationship. Our results indicate that hemipteran abundance can vary significantly between different myrmecophyte species, but that the nature of this relationship is mediated by the identity of the ant associate. Because hemipterans are herbivores, the costs and benefits of different ant partners to the host plant may vary in ways that are often overlooked.
format Artigo
author Lapola, David Montenegro
author2 Bruna, Emilio M.
Willink, Cristina Granara de
Vasconcelos, Heraldo L.
author2Str Bruna, Emilio M.
Willink, Cristina Granara de
Vasconcelos, Heraldo L.
title Ant-tended hemiptera in Amazonian myrmecophytes: Patterns of abundance and implications for mutualism function (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
title_short Ant-tended hemiptera in Amazonian myrmecophytes: Patterns of abundance and implications for mutualism function (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
title_full Ant-tended hemiptera in Amazonian myrmecophytes: Patterns of abundance and implications for mutualism function (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
title_fullStr Ant-tended hemiptera in Amazonian myrmecophytes: Patterns of abundance and implications for mutualism function (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
title_full_unstemmed Ant-tended hemiptera in Amazonian myrmecophytes: Patterns of abundance and implications for mutualism function (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
title_sort ant-tended hemiptera in amazonian myrmecophytes: patterns of abundance and implications for mutualism function (hymenoptera: formicidae)
publisher Sociobiology
publishDate 2020
url https://repositorio.inpa.gov.br/handle/1/16379
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