The Ecology and Feeding Habits of the Arboreal Trap-Jawed Ant Daceton armigerum

Here we show that Daceton armigerum, an arboreal myrmicine ant whose workers are equipped with hypertrophied trap-jaw mandibles, is characterized by a set of unexpected biological traits including colony size, aggressiveness, trophobiosis and hunting behavior. The size of one colony has been evaluat...

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Autores principales: Dejean, Alain, Delabie, Jacques H. C., Corbara, Bruno, Azémar, Fréderic, Groc, Sarah, Orivel, Jérôme, Leponce, Maurice
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3380855/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22737205
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0037683

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3380855/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22737205
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0037683

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