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Featured Paper
Camargo RX, Oliveira PS
The ecology of most arboreal ants remains poorly documented because of the difficulty in accessing ant nests and foragers in the forest canopy. This study documents the nesting and foraging ecology of a large (~13 mm total length) arboreal trap–jaw ant, Odontomachus hastatus (Fabricius) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in a sandy plain forest on Cardoso Island, off the coast of Southeast Brazil. The results showed that O. hastatus nested in root clusters of epiphytic bromeliads, most commonly Vriesea procera (70% of nest plants). Mature O. hastatus colonies include one to several queens and about 500 workers. Foraging by O. hastatus is primarily nocturnal year–round, with increased foraging activity during the wet/warm season. The foragers hunt singly in the trees, preying on a variety of canopy–dwelling arthropods, with flies, moths, ants, and spiders accounting for > 60% of the prey captured. Although predators often have impacts on prey populations, the ecological importance of O. hastatus remains to be studied.
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scale matter for Chironomidae assemblages? A study of two
perennial mountain streams in Patagonia, Argentina
Epele LB, Miserendino ML, Brand C - Species diversity, seasonal dynamics, and vertical distribution
of litter–dwelling thrips in an urban forest remnant of South
China
Wang J, Tong X - The life cycle and immature stages of Kallima albofasciata,
the endemic Oakleaf, in the Andaman Islands (Indian Ocean,
Bay of Bengal)
Kamalanathan V, Mohanraj P - Testicular and color variation in the kissing bug, Rhodnius
brethesi, in Amazonas, Brazil
Freitas SPC, Bonifácio SF, Junqueira ACV, Souza ALB, Gonçalves TCM - Measurement of the time required for a termite to pass
through tunnels with different curvatures
Sim S, Lee S-H - Lepidopterans as potential agents for the biological control
of the invasive plant, Miconia calvescens
Morais EGF, Picanço MC, Semeão AA, Barreto RW, Rosado JF, Martins JC - Insecticidal effect of labramin, a lectin–like protein isolated
from seeds of the beach apricot tree, Labramia bojeri, on the
Mediterranean flour moth, Ephestia kuehniella
Martinez DST, Freire MGM, Mazzafera P, Araujo-Júnior RT, Bueno RD, Macedo MLR - Short-term response of soil spiders to cover-crop removal in
an organic olive orchard in a Mediterranean setting
Cárdenas M, Castro J, Campos M - Validation of reference genes for quantitative expression
analysis by real-time RT-PCR in four lepidopteran insects
Teng X, Zhang Z, He G, Yang L, Li F - Compared morphology of the immatures of males of two
urban ant species of Camponotus
Solis DR, Fox EGP, Rossi ML, Bueno OC
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