Comparative immature morphology of Brazilian fire ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Solenopsis)

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dc.contributor.authorFox, Eduardo Gonçalves Paterson
dc.contributor.authorSolis, Daniel Russ [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorRossi, Mnica Lanzoni
dc.contributor.authorDelabie, Jacques Hubert Charles
dc.contributor.authorDe Souza, Rodrigo Fernando [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorBueno, Odair Correa [UNESP]
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade de São Paulo (USP)
dc.contributor.institutionCentro de Pesquisa Do Cacau
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-27T11:26:23Z
dc.date.available2014-05-27T11:26:23Z
dc.date.issued2012-02-15
dc.description.abstractAlthough common in Brazil, the biology of the fire ant Solenopsis saevissima (Smith) is still poorly studied. Larval descriptions are useful to genus-level ant systematics and sometimes to species-level taxonomy. This study presents a detailed description of juveniles of S. saevissima from Brazil, which were compared with Brazilian specimens of Solenopsis invicta Buren, Solenopsis geminata (Fabricius), and Solenopsis altipunctata Pitts. Different larval instars were separated by diagnostic morphological traits which were confirmed by observing moults. Reproductive larvae could be easily sorted by their distinctive body dimensions and shape. Contrary to previous reports on this species, the larvae of S. saevissima proved to be generally identical to those of S. invicta, while a few specimens resembled those of other close species, such as Solenopsis megergates Trager. Mature larvae thus presented considerable intraspecific variation in some characters recently proposed to aid fire ant species separation (morphology of head hairs). © 2012 Eduardo Gonalves Paterson Fox et al.en
dc.description.affiliationLaboratrio de Entomologia Médica Centro de Ciências da Saúde Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), 21.945-970 Ilha do Fundo, RN
dc.description.affiliationCentro de Estudos de Insetos Sociais Instituto de Biociências Sao Paulo State University (UNESP), 13506-900 Rio Claro, SP
dc.description.affiliationLaboratrio de Histopatologia e Biologia Estrutural de Plantas Centro de Energia Nuclear Na Agricultura University of so Paulo (USP), 13400-970 Piracicaba, SP
dc.description.affiliationLaboratrio de Mirmecologia Centro de Pesquisa Do Cacau, 45650-000 Itabuna, BA
dc.description.affiliationUnespCentro de Estudos de Insetos Sociais Instituto de Biociências Sao Paulo State University (UNESP), 13506-900 Rio Claro, SP
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/183284
dc.identifier.citationPsyche.
dc.identifier.doi10.1155/2012/183284
dc.identifier.file2-s2.0-84855852258.pdf
dc.identifier.issn0033-2615
dc.identifier.issn1687-7438
dc.identifier.lattes1050709055776428
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84855852258
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/73193
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofPsyche
dc.relation.ispartofsjr0,162
dc.relation.ispartofsjr0,162
dc.rights.accessRightsAcesso aberto
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectFormicidaeen
dc.subjectHymenopteraen
dc.subjectSolenopsisen
dc.subjectSolenopsis geminataen
dc.subjectSolenopsis invictaen
dc.subjectSolenopsis megergatesen
dc.subjectSolenopsis saevissimaen
dc.titleComparative immature morphology of Brazilian fire ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Solenopsis)en
dc.typeArtigo
dcterms.licensehttp://www.hindawi.com/journals/aaa/guidelines/
unesp.author.lattes1050709055776428

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