Thievery in rainforest fungus-growing ants: interspecific assault on culturing material at nest entrance

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dc.contributor.authorRonque, M. U. V.
dc.contributor.authorMigliorini, G. H. [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorOliveira, P. S.
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-26T17:54:30Z
dc.date.available2018-11-26T17:54:30Z
dc.date.issued2018-08-01
dc.description.abstractCleptobiosis in social insects refers to a relationship in which members of a species rob food resources, or other valuable items, from members of the same or a different species. Here, we report and document in field videos the first case of cleptobiosis in fungus-growing ants (Atta group) from a coastal, Brazilian Atlantic rainforest. Workers of Mycetarotes parallelus roam near the nest and foraging paths of Mycetophylax morschi and attack loaded returning foragers of M. morschi, from which they rob cultivating material for the fungus garden. Typically, a robbing Mycetarotes stops a loaded returning Mycetophylax, vigorously pulls away the fecal item from the forager's mandibles, and brings the robbed item to its nearby nest. In our observations, all robbed items consisted of arthropod feces, the most common culturing material used by M. parallelus. Robbing behavior is considered a form of interference action to obtain essential resources needed by ant colonies to cultivate the symbiont fungus. Cleptobiosis between fungus-growing ants may increase colony contamination, affect foraging and intracolonial behavior, as well as associated microbiota, with possible effects on the symbiont fungus. The long-term effects of this unusual behavior, and associated costs and benefits for the species involved, clearly deserve further investigation.en
dc.description.affiliationUniv Estadual Campinas, Inst Biol, Programa Posgrad Ecol, CP 6109, BR-13083862 Campinas, SP, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUniv Estadual Paulista, Programa Posgrad & Biol Anim, Sao Jose Do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUniv Estadual Campinas, Dept Biol Anim, CP 6109, BR-13083862 Campinas, SP, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUnespUniv Estadual Paulista, Programa Posgrad & Biol Anim, Sao Jose Do Rio Preto, 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.sponsorshipBrazilian Research Council
dc.description.sponsorshipIdFAPESP: 2014/23141-1
dc.description.sponsorshipIdFAPESP: 2017/16645-1
dc.description.sponsorshipIdBrazilian Research Council: 306115/2013-1
dc.description.sponsorshipIdBrazilian Research Council: 302219/2017-0
dc.format.extent507-510
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00040-018-0632-9
dc.identifier.citationInsectes Sociaux. Basel: Springer Basel Ag, v. 65, n. 3, p. 507-510, 2018.
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s00040-018-0632-9
dc.identifier.fileWOS000438620200018.pdf
dc.identifier.issn0020-1812
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/164426
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000438620200018
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.relation.ispartofInsectes Sociaux
dc.relation.ispartofsjr0,918
dc.rights.accessRightsAcesso aberto
dc.sourceWeb of Science
dc.subjectAnt behavior
dc.subjectFungus-growing ants
dc.subjectInterference competition
dc.subjectTheft
dc.subjectAtlantic rainforest
dc.titleThievery in rainforest fungus-growing ants: interspecific assault on culturing material at nest entranceen
dc.typeArtigo
dcterms.licensehttp://www.springer.com/open+access/authors+rights?SGWID=0-176704-12-683201-0
dcterms.rightsHolderSpringer

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