Aim: Larvae of Triplectides spp. and Marilia sp. occupying cases of other species are recorded and photographed; Methods: The material was collected in different sites and dates in Atlantic Forest and Central Amazon regions; Results: The Triplectides larvae seem to have an opportunistic behavior, occupying a great variety of cases, which reflects their common habit of enter in hollow twigs instead of build comp...
Ants are one of the most important animal groups in tropical forests because of its abundance and number of species. An important characteristic of the group is the eusociality, which allows the occurrence of a recruitment behavior when food resource is found. However, there are two main questions regarding this behavior: (i) the recruitment is a product of environmental or phylogenetic pressures, and (ii) the ...
A cigarrinha Poekilloptera phalaenoides L. (Auchenorrhyncha: Flatidae) é uma conhecida espécie dentre culturas agrícolas e de interesse econômico devido os danos causados em atividades agrícolas. Observando fragmentos de mata estacional semidecidual, mata ciliar e cerradão em Jataí, Montividiu e Paraúna no sudoeste do estado de Goiás, durante o mês de janeiro de 2012, foram observadas populações naturais de Tac...