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Abstract SIMPÓSIO DE MIRMECOLOGIA BELO HORIZONTE.MG An international ant meeting XXIV SIMPOSIO´ DE MIRMECOLOGIA AN INTERNATIONAL ANT MEETING ABSTRACT BOOK Edited by: Ricardo Solar in LATEX Cover photo: Cephalotes clypeatus by Ricardo Solar Cover design: Matheus M. B. Couto Table of contents Table of contents 2 1 XXIV Simposio´ de Mirmecologia Team 24 1.1 Organising team . 24 1.2 Scientific committee . 24 1.2.1 Area editors . 24 1.2.2 Staff ................................. 25 1.2.3 Abstract reviewers . 25 1.3 Logistical support team . 25 2 Symposia 27 2.1 Studying trait evolution in ants using tree thinking . 27 2.1.1 TAXONOMIC, FUNCTIONAL AND PHYLOGENETIC DIVERSITY OF ANT ASSEMBLAGES IN SAVANNA AND FOREST FORMATIONS OF THE BRAZILIAN CERRADO . 27 2.1.2 TREES AND THE EVOLUTION OF ECO-MORPHOLOGICAL TRAITS: LESSONS FROM THE TURTLE ANTS (CEPHALOTES) . 28 2.1.3 EXPLORING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN MICROBIAL COMMUNITY AND HOST PHYLOGENETIC HISTORY, A POWERFUL TOOL TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE EVOLUTIONARY SIGNIFICANCE OF THESE ASSOCIATIONS IN NATURE . 29 2.1.4 PHYLOGENOMICS AND THE EVOLUTION OF DEFENSIVE TRAITS IN ANTS . 30 2.2 Ants and their ecological roles in human modified landscapes throughout Brazilian biomes ........................ 31 2.2.1 ANTS AND THEIR RESPONSES TO LAND-USE TYPES AT SOUTH BRAZILIAN GRASSLANDS . 31 2.2.2 EFFECTS OF ATLANTIC FOREST FRAGMENTATION ON ANT COMMUNITIES AND THEIR BENEFICIAL INTERACTION WITH PLANT DIASPORES . 32 2.2.3 HOW DOES CERRADO HETEROGENEITY AFFECT ANT DIVERSITY IN DIFFERENT LAND USE SYSTEMS? . 33 2.2.4 THE RESPONSE OF ANT ASSEMBLAGES TO A GRADIENT OF FOREST COVER IN SOUTHWESTERN BRAZILIAN AMAZON . 34 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS 2.3 Bossless societies:Organization without central control . 35 2.3.1 HOW DOES A GENERALIST ANT SPECIALIZE? SIZE-INDEPENDENT NEUROBIOLOGICAL AND COGNITIVE MECHANISMS REGULATING WORKER TASK SPECIALIZATION . 35 2.3.2 SOLITARY BUT NOT ALONE: COLONY EFFECTS OF HAVING NESTMATES CONFLICTING WHILE PERFORMING A SOLITARY TASK . 36 2.3.3 SOIL NUTRIENTS INFLUENCE COLONY SIZE AND COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOR IN THE AZTECA-CECROPIA MUTUALISM . 37 2.4 Disturbance and ants patterns and mechanisms . 38 2.4.1 ANT RESPONSES TO GRAZING IN TROPICAL SAVANNAS OF NORTHERN AUSTRALIA . 38 2.4.2 QUANTIFYING FOREST DEGRADATION WITH LiDAR: IMPACTS ON ANT COMMUNITIES AND ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS . 39 2.4.3 PATTERNS, DRIVERS AND MECHANISMS OF HOMOGENIZATION OF MULTIPLE FACETS OF ANT DIVERSITY IN THE BRAZILIAN CAATINGA . 40 2.4.4 PLANT PROTECTION SERVICES MEDIATED BY EXTRAFLORAL NECTARIES IN BRAZILIAN CAATINGA: THE ROLES OF CHRONIC ANTHROPOGENIC DISTURBANCE AND ARIDITY . 41 2.5 Morphology Reloaded conquering the third dimension of ant evolution and biogeography .............................. 42 2.5.1 GHOST IN THE SHELL: NEXT GENERATION PHENOMICS AND 3D CYBERTAXONOMY OF ANTS . 42 2.5.2 SO LONG, AND THANKS FOR ALL THE FEATURES: IS THE HEAD SHAPE IN PHEIDOLE MODULAR AND IS IT PREDICTED BY FOOD PREFERENCE? . 43 2.5.3 MANDIBULAR REPORT: 3D COMPARATIVE ANATOMY INFORMS THE EVOLUTION OF ANT MANDIBLES AS MULTIPURPOSE TOOLS . 44 2.5.4 ALTERED STATES: ACULEATE ANATOMY AND THE EARLY EVOLUTION OF THE FORMICOIDEA . 45 2.5.5 THE ARRIVAL: COMMUNITY ASSEMBLY THROUGH IN SITU ECOMORPHOLOGICAL RADIATION AND NICHE SHIFTS AFTER COLONIZATION OF AN OCEANIC ARCHIPELAGO . 46 2.5.6 A MORPHOSPACE ODYSSEY: QUANTIFYING MANDIBLE DIVERSITY ACROSS THE ANT PHYLOGENY . 47 2.6 Ordering chaos which factors explain the variation in the outcome of ant-plant mutualisms ............................ 48 2.6.1 PLANT REWARDS QUALITY MODULATE ANT BEHAVIOR AND THE OUTCOME OF ANT-PLANT INTERACTIONS . 48 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS 2.6.2 PROTEIN MATTERS: ANTS ARE BETTER PLANT BODYGUARDS IN POOR-PROTEIN HABITATS . 49 2.6.3 WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM SEED-REMOVAL BY ANTS IN THE CERRADO? . 50 2.6.4 DOES SPECIALIZATION OF ANT-PLANT MUTUALISTIC NETWORKS RESPOND PREDICTABLY TO THE CHRONIC DISTURBANCE AND RAINFALL? . 51 2.7 Advances in studying ant evolution From amber inclusions to complex symbiotic relationships ........................... 52 2.7.1 EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF YEAST AGRICULTURE IN FUNGUS-GROWING ANTS: A PHYLOGENOMICS APPROACH . 52 2.7.2 SYMPATRIC VERSUS ALLOPATRIC SPECIATION: EXPLORING THE ORIGINS AND EVOLUTION OF SOCIAL PARASITISM IN ANT . 53 2.7.3 TOOLS FOR STUDYING ANT INVASION BIOLOGY—POPULATION GENETICS AND PHYLOGENOMICS MEET APPLIED ENTOMOLOGY . 54 2.7.4 INTRASPECIFIC COMMUNICATION DAMPENS AGGRESSION BETWEEN MEGALOMYRMEX SOCIAL PARASITES AND THEIR FUNGUS-GROWING ANT HOSTS . 55 2.7.5 HOMOPLASY AND HETEROGENEITY IN ANT EVOLUTION: EXAMPLES AND INSIGHTS FROM THE ANT TRIBE CAMPONOTINI . 56 2.8 Bridging societies possible paths to gather ants, people, and knowledge . 57 2.8.1 WHY WE SHOULD PROMOTE MYRMECOLOGICAL RESEARCH FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC . 57 2.8.2 MYRMECOLOGY AND CITIZEN SCIENCE: INITIAL APPROACHES . 58 2.8.3 THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER: COMBINING ARTS AND SCIENCE FOR A WIDER PUBLIC OUTREACH . 59 2.8.4 WHAT DOES COME TO YOUR MIND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT ANTS? . 60 2.9 Towards a synthesis of arboreal ant ecological research in the tropics 61 2.9.1 A RESOURCE BASED APPROACH ON THE STUDY OF ARBOREAL ANTS . 61 2.9.2 EXPLORING THE ECOLOGY OF ARBOREAL ANTS IN A TROPICAL FOREST . 62 2.9.3 ANTS AND THEIR ECOSYSTEM SERVICES IN MEXICAN AGROECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS . 63 2.9.4 THREE-DIMENSIONAL ANT DISTRIBUTION IN RAINFORESTS AND A METHOD TO DETECT ANT MOSAICS . 64 3 Oral &Poster Abstracts 65 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS 3.1 Bioindication,Bioinvasion,Pest Control,Science Outreach and Etnomyrmecology ............................. 65 3.1.1 RICHNESS AND COMPOSITION OF ANTS IN REMANENTS OF NATIVE HABITAT AND AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS IN THE STATE OF MATO GROSSO – BRAZIL . 65 3.1.2 COMPOSITION AND DIVERSITY OF FORMICIDAE IN A NATURAL FRAGMENT IN QUIRINOPOLIS´ – GOIAS´ . 67 3.1.3 INVESTIGATION IN ETHNOMYRMECOLOGY: CONCEPTION OF FARMER STUDENTS ABOUT ANTS . 68 3.1.4 LEAF-CUTTING ANTS PREFERENCE TO SUB PRODUCTS USED IN BAITS . 69 3.1.5 MASS FORAGED BY ATTA SEXDENS (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE) IN BRAZILIAN BIOMES . 70 3.1.6 THERMAL TOLERANCE OF ATTA BISPHAERICA (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE) IN LABORATORY CONDITIONS . 71 3.1.7 DO PITFALL TRAPS FOR DUNG BEETLES EFFICIENTLY SAMPLE ANTS? . 72 3.1.8 DRAWINGS AS A TOOL FOR RECOGNITION OF CHILDREN PERCEPTIONS ABOUT ANTS . 73 3.1.9 ANTS (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE) IN CONILON COFFEE CROPS . 74 3.1.10 FAMILY VEGETABLE GARDENS: A GUIDE TO CONSERVATION OF THE HORTICULTURAL CULTURE AND THE ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT OF PESTS . 75 3.1.11 PARASITIC AND ENTOMOPATHOGENIC FUNGAL BAITS HAVE POTENTIAL FOR CONTROLLING LEAF-CUTTING ANTS: DELETERIOUS EFFECTS ON THE SYMBIOTIC FUNGUS Leucoagaricus gongylophorus . 76 3.1.12 DO YOU EAT ANTS? A CASE STUDY OF ENTOMOPHAGY IN SERRA DA IBIAPABA, CEARA,´ BRAZIL . 77 3.1.13 NATURAL OCCURRENCE OF ENTOMOPATHOGENS INFECTING Atta sexdens QUEENS . 78 3.1.14 INFLUENCE OF MICROBIOLOGICAL CONTROLLING AGENTS ON THE FORAGING ACTIVITIES OF Acromyrmex subterraneus subterraneus MINI-COLONIES . 79 3.1.15 CUTTING PREFERENCE OF ATTA SEXDENS (LINNAEUS, 1758) BY SPECIES INDICATED FOR ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION . 80 3.1.16 DOMINANCE OF ANTS IN RIPARIAN FORESTS IN THE DOCE RIVER/MG BASIN AFTER THE DISRUPTION OF THE SAMARCO DAM . 81 3.1.17 ANTAGONISM OF THYMOL AND CARVACROL AGAINST THE MUTUALISTIC FUNGUS OF LEAF-CUTTING ANTS . 82 5 TABLE OF CONTENTS 3.1.18 DIVERSITY OF ANTS (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE) AIMING AT MONITORING “RPPN BOTUJURU” IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF MOGI DAS CRUZES, SP, BRAZIL . 83 3.1.19 EXTRACTION METHODS OF ANT GLAND SECRETIONS: A REVIEW . 84 3.1.20 CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF METAPLEURAL GLAND SECRETIONS AND APPLICATION: A REVIEW . 85 3.1.21 DETERRENT EFFECT ON FORAGING BY NEST REFUSE OF LEAF-CUTTING ANTS . 86 3.1.22 DETERRENT EFFECT OF NEST REFUSE OF LEAF-CUTTING ANTS AGAINST THE APHID Lipaphis erysimi (L) Kaltenbach, 1843 . 87 3.1.23 BIOINDICATORS SPECIES FOR OMBROPHILOUS DENSE MOUNTAIN FOREST FROM A GRADIENT OF ANTHROPIZATION IN THE SERRA DO ITAJAI´ NATIONAL PARK, SANTA CATARINA, BRAZIL . 88 3.1.24 THE INTERPRETATION OF ANTS AMONG THE AMERINDIAN KARIPUNA FROM NORTHERN AMAPA,´ BRAZIL . 89 3.1.25 THE INFLUENCE OF ANTS BEHAVIOUR IN THE TURE´ RITUAL OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF OIAPOQUE, ETHNIA KARIPUNA, IN THE NORTHERN OF BRAZIL. 90 3.1.26 POTENTIAL OF INSECTICIDE PLANTS IN CONTROL OF LEAF-CUTTING ANTS: USE OF CARAPA GUIANENSIS (MELIACEAE) . 91 3.1.27 VARIATION IN THE DIASPORES REMOVAL BY ANTS IN CERRADO: IS IT A REFLECTION OF ANTHROPIZATION? . 92 3.1.28 BIOACUMULATION OF METALS IN ATTA SPP. AND ODONTOMACHUS SPP. 93 3.1.29 PASTURE COVER INFLUENCES COLONIZATION BY LEAF-CUTTING ANTS IN EUCALYPTUS PLANTATIONS . 94 3.1.30 TOXICOLOGICAL TEST WITH DIFFERENT CONCENTRATIONS USING THE IMIDACLOPRID ACTIVE INGREDIENT FOR WORKERS OF ATTA SEXDENS RUBROPILOSA ........................... 95 3.1.31 INCORPORATION OF DIFFERENT TOXIC BAITS IN THE FUNGAL GARDEN OF ATTA SEXDENS RUBROPILOSA COLONIES . 96 3.1.32 STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF INSECTS: CAN WE SEE ANTS? . 97 3.1.33 ANTS AS BIOINDICATORS OF FOREST REGENERATION IN THE EAST OF MINAS GERAIS STATE . 98 3.1.34 ANTS RESPONSE TO THE IMPACTS OF A TRANSHIPMENT SOLID WASTE STATION . 99 6 TABLE OF CONTENTS 3.1.35 THE ANT I SAW: MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTIC OF THE ANTS REPRESENTED BY STUDENTS FROM EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION . 100 3.1.36 ANTS TEACHING ABOUT HUMANITY: AN EXPERIENCE IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION . 101 3.1.37 WHAT IS RECOMMENDED TO FIRE ANTS CONTROL IN BRAZIL? . 102 3.1.38 WHAT’S THE BEST METHOD FOR CONTROLLING FIRE ANTS IN URBAN GARDENS? . 103 3.1.39 DIVERSITY OF EDAFIC ANTS (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE) AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL BIOINDICATOR IN CAATINGA AREA . 104 3.1.40 ANTS IN CILIAR AREAS IN THE MIDDLE RIO DOCE AFTER SAMARCO DISASTER . 105 3.1.41 ANT BAITING BY AUTONOMOUS DRONE . 106 3.1.42 THE “ANTS OF CHILE” PROJECT: AN APPROACH TO ANT SOCIETIES FROM CITIZEN SCIENCE .
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    TESE DE DOUTORADO Interações Formiga-Planta Nos Campos Rupestres: Diversidade, Estrutura E Dinâmica Temporal FERNANDA VIEIRA

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    ISSN 1994-4136 (print) ISSN 1997-3500 (online) Myrmecological News Volume 25 October 2017 Schriftleitung / editors Florian M. STEINER, Herbert ZETTEL & Birgit C. SCHLICK-STEINER Fachredakteure / subject editors Jens DAUBER, Falko P. DRIJFHOUT, Evan ECONOMO, Heike FELDHAAR, Nicholas J. GOTELLI, Heikki O. HELANTERÄ, Daniel J.C. KRONAUER, John S. LAPOLLA, Philip J. LESTER, Timothy A. LINKSVAYER, Alexander S. MIKHEYEV, Ivette PERFECTO, Christian RABELING, Bernhard RONACHER, Helge SCHLÜNS, Chris R. SMITH, Andrew V. SUAREZ Wissenschaftliche Beratung / editorial advisory board Barry BOLTON, Jacobus J. BOOMSMA, Alfred BUSCHINGER, Daniel CHERIX, Jacques H.C. DELABIE, Katsuyuki EGUCHI, Xavier ESPADALER, Bert HÖLLDOBLER, Ajay NARENDRA, Zhanna REZNIKOVA, Michael J. SAMWAYS, Bernhard SEIFERT, Philip S. WARD Eigentümer, Herausgeber, Verleger / publisher © 2017 Österreichische Gesellschaft für Entomofaunistik c/o Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Burgring 7, 1010 Wien, Österreich (Austria) Myrmecological News 25 67-81 Vienna, October 2017 Crematogaster abstinens and Crematogaster pygmaea (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae): from monogyny and monodomy to polygyny and polydomy Glauco Bezerra MARTINS SEGUNDO , Jean-Christophe DE BISEAU , Rodrigo Machado FEITOSA , José Evaldo Vasconcelos CARLOS , Lucas Rocha SÁ, Matheus Torres Marinho Bezerril FONTENELLE & Yves QUINET Abstract Polygyny and polydomy are key features in the nesting biology of many ants, raising important questions in social insect biology, in particular about the ecological determinants of
  • Load Capacity of Workers of Atta Robusta During Foraging (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) by Fabiola Bonicenha Endringer1, Ana Maria Viana-Bailez1, Omar E

    Load Capacity of Workers of Atta Robusta During Foraging (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) by Fabiola Bonicenha Endringer1, Ana Maria Viana-Bailez1, Omar E

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  • James K. Wetterer

    James K. Wetterer

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