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Springtails (Collembola) Associated with Nests of Fungus-Growing Ants (Formicidae: Myrmicinae: Attini) in Southern Bahia, Brazil

2017; Florida Entomological Society; Volume: 100; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1653/024.100.0421

1938-5102

Gabriela Castaño‐Meneses, José G. Palacios‐Vargas, Jacques Hubert Charles Delabie, Douglas Zeppelini, Cléa S. F. Mariano,

Insect and Pesticide Research

Four species of Collembola were found in nests of the ant genera Myrmicocrypta, Trachymyrmex and Sericomyrmex of the tribe Attini (Formicidae: Myrmicinae). The panmyrmecophilic collembolan Cyphoderus (Lepidocyrtidae: Cyphoderinae) was the most abundant and was associated with all the ants. The collembolan genus Mucrosomia (Isotomidae: Anurophorinae) was found for the first time in ant nests. This is the first list of springtails found in nests of fungus-growing ants other than those belonging to the genera Atta and Acromyrmex (Formicidae: Myrmicinae).