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Ocorrência de poliginia em Acomyrmex subterraneus Forel, 1893 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

1986; SciELO; Volume: 15; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.37486/0301-8059.v15i2.437

1981-5328

Terezinha Maria Castro Della Lúcia, Evaldo F. Vilela,

Insect and Pesticide Research

Occurrence of polygyny in Acromyr>mex subterr>aneusForel, 1893 (Hy menopter a : Fo r>mi cidae)The coexistence of two or ITDre queens in the sarne colony is nota very rare event insocial Hymenoptera, although it is rather uncommon among the leaf-cutting ants (Attini).Despite of this, a colony of Acromyrmex subter>r>aneus containing two queens was coll ected in the campus of the Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Brazil.The nest has been mai tained in the laboratory for fur t her studies on the behavior and the aspect of physiological polygyny of the colony.