Planting of fungus onto hibernating workers of the fungus-growing ant Mycetosoritis clorindae (Attini, Formicidae)

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dc.contributor.authorMueller, U. G.
dc.contributor.authorOrtiz, A. [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorBacci Junior, Mauricio [UNESP]
dc.contributor.institutionUniv Texas Austin
dc.contributor.institutionSmithsonian Trop Res Inst
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.contributor.institutionUniv Nacl Colombia
dc.date.accessioned2013-09-30T18:47:21Z
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-20T13:56:20Z
dc.date.available2013-09-30T18:47:21Z
dc.date.available2014-05-20T13:56:20Z
dc.date.issued2010-05-01
dc.description.abstractWe describe a peculiar fungus-coating behavior of the attine ant Mycetosoritis clorindae, where workers plant fungal mycelium on hibernating nestmates. Hibernating nestmates become ultimately enveloped in a live mycelial coat, remain motionless in this coated state, and essentially become integrated into the garden matrix. The shallow nest architecture of M. clorindae (depth of main garden is 15-30 cm) in southern Brazil forces the ants to overwinter at relatively low temperatures in the topmost soil layer. Fungal coating may help the ants to survive the prolonged periods of immobility during winter. Fungus-planting on attine adults is so far unknown from other attine species, but the behavior parallels the planting of mycelium on larvae and pupae occurring in many attine species. Planting of mycelium on adult nestmates may have been overlooked so far in attine ants because this behavior may occur only in dormant nests, which are least frequently collected. The possible adaptive functions of fungus coatings of hibernating adults and developing brood are likely similar, including for example physical protection, prevention of desiccation, shielding against parasites and predators (e.g., army ants), or defense against diseases.en
dc.description.affiliationUniv Texas Austin, Sect Integrat Biol, Austin, TX 78712 USA
dc.description.affiliationSmithsonian Trop Res Inst, Balboa, Panama
dc.description.affiliationUniv Estadual Paulista, Inst Biociencias, Ctr Estudos Insetos Sociais, BR-13506900 Rio Claro, SP, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUniv Nacl Colombia, Fac Ciencias, Medellin, Colombia
dc.description.affiliationUniv Estadual Paulista, Inst Biociencias, Dept Bioquim & Microbiol, BR-13506900 Rio Claro, SP, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUnespUniv Estadual Paulista, Inst Biociencias, Ctr Estudos Insetos Sociais, BR-13506900 Rio Claro, SP, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUnespUniv Estadual Paulista, Inst Biociencias, Dept Bioquim & Microbiol, BR-13506900 Rio Claro, SP, Brazil
dc.description.sponsorshipCoordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)
dc.description.sponsorshipFundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)
dc.description.sponsorshipNSF
dc.description.sponsorshipIdCAPES: 05/02
dc.description.sponsorshipIdFAPESP: 03/08112-0
dc.description.sponsorshipIdNSF: DEB-0639879
dc.format.extent209-215
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00040-010-0072-7
dc.identifier.citationInsectes Sociaux. Basel: Birkhauser Verlag Ag, v. 57, n. 2, p. 209-215, 2010.
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s00040-010-0072-7
dc.identifier.issn0020-1812
dc.identifier.lattes3776345573864268
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/20139
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000275648900012
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherBirkhauser Verlag Ag
dc.relation.ispartofInsectes Sociaux
dc.relation.ispartofjcr1.675
dc.relation.ispartofsjr0,918
dc.rights.accessRightsAcesso restrito
dc.sourceWeb of Science
dc.subjectHibernationen
dc.subjectLeucocoprinien
dc.subjectInsect-fungus mutualismen
dc.subjectFungus-coaten
dc.subjectSymbiosisen
dc.titlePlanting of fungus onto hibernating workers of the fungus-growing ant Mycetosoritis clorindae (Attini, Formicidae)en
dc.typeArtigo
dcterms.licensehttp://www.springer.com/open+access/authors+rights?SGWID=0-176704-12-683201-0
dcterms.rightsHolderBirkhauser Verlag Ag
unesp.author.lattes3776345573864268
unesp.author.orcid0000-0002-5619-1411[3]
unesp.campusUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Instituto de Biociências, Rio Claropt

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