Sexual castes of Trachymyrmex fuscus (Formicidae: Attini) performing worker tasks
ABSTRACT:The main of this research was to report an atypical foraging behavior in a colony of Trachymyrmex fuscus, situated in "Cerrado" (savanna ecoregion of Goiás, Brazil). The colony foraging activity was performed only by sexual caste. Comparison of the foraging rhythm of this colony w...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
2015-01-01
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Series: | Ciência Rural |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782015005050189&lng=en&tlng=en |