Filamentous fungi found on foundress queens of leaf-cutting ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

dc.contributor.authorRodrigues, André [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorSilva, A.
dc.contributor.authorBacci Junior, Mauricio [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorForti, Luiz Carlos [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorPagnocca, Fernando Carlos [UNESP]
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual de Santa Cruz (UESC)
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-20T13:20:06Z
dc.date.available2014-05-20T13:20:06Z
dc.date.issued2010-05-01
dc.description.abstractQueens of the leaf-cutting ant species Atta laevigata and Atta capiguara were collected soon after their mating flight and maintained in the laboratory until death. Ant corpses showing signs of contamination by insect pathogenic fungi were selected for fungal identification. Filamentous fungi such as Beauveria bassiana and Paecilomyces lilacinus actively sporulated in the ant's corpses. This is the first report of the latter fungus on reproductives of leaf-cutting ants. The fact that queens may acquire filamentous fungi including saprophytic and potential insect pathogens after their mating event is especially interesting regarding the impacts of such microbes on the establishment of a new nest.en
dc.description.affiliationUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Centro de Estudos de Insetos Sociais (CEIS), Rio Claro, SP, Brasil
dc.description.affiliationUniversidade Estadual de Santa Cruz (UESC), Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Ilhéus, BA, Brasil
dc.description.affiliationUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas (FCA), Departamento de Produção e Melhoramento Vegetal, Botucatu, SP, Brasil
dc.description.affiliationUnespUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Centro de Estudos de Insetos Sociais (CEIS), Rio Claro, SP, Brasil
dc.description.affiliationUnespUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas (FCA), Departamento de Produção e Melhoramento Vegetal, Botucatu, SP, Brasil
dc.description.sponsorshipConselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)
dc.description.sponsorshipFundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)
dc.description.sponsorshipCoordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)
dc.description.sponsorshipIdCNPq: 301731/2005-7
dc.description.sponsorshipIdCNPq: 476250/2008-0
dc.description.sponsorshipIdFAPESP: 2007/50139-4
dc.description.sponsorshipIdFAPESP: 2008/54386-9
dc.format.extent342-345
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0418.2009.01466.x
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Applied Entomology. Malden: Wiley-blackwell Publishing, Inc, v. 134, n. 4, p. 342-345, 2010.
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1439-0418.2009.01466.x
dc.identifier.issn0931-2048
dc.identifier.lattes6187684824965648
dc.identifier.lattes3776345573864268
dc.identifier.orcid0000-0002-4164-9362
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/5487
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000276607500008
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherWiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Applied Entomology
dc.relation.ispartofjcr1.629
dc.relation.ispartofsjr0,720
dc.rights.accessRightsAcesso restrito
dc.sourceWeb of Science
dc.subjectAttaen
dc.subjectBeauveriaen
dc.subjectPaecilomycesen
dc.subjectEntomopathogensen
dc.subjectMating flighten
dc.subjectMicrofungien
dc.titleFilamentous fungi found on foundress queens of leaf-cutting ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)en
dc.typeArtigo
dcterms.licensehttp://olabout.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-406071.html
dcterms.rightsHolderWiley-blackwell Publishing, Inc
unesp.author.lattes6187684824965648
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unesp.author.lattes3776345573864268
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unesp.author.orcid0000-0002-4164-9362[1]
unesp.author.orcid0000-0002-5619-1411[3]
unesp.author.orcid0000-0002-5026-1933[5]
unesp.campusUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas, Botucatupt

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