Premium
Host‐plant dissections reveal contrasting distributions of Crematogaster ants and their symbionts in two myrmecophytic Macaranga species
Author(s) -
Houadria Mickal Y.I.,
Klimes Petr,
Fayle Tom M.,
Gullan Penny J.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
ecological entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.865
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1365-2311
pISSN - 0307-6946
DOI - 10.1111/een.12633
Subject(s) - biology , myrmecophyte , mutualism (biology) , coccidae , ecology , brood , ant , hymenoptera , botany , nectar , pest analysis , homoptera , pollen
For the two plant species, for each internode, both contents (ants, coccids, refuse piles) and structure (internode height, numbers of open and occluded ant holes) were recorded. Most coccids were kept in the highest sections of both systems. The fine‐scale distribution showed aggregation of closed holes with ant brood and separation of nematode‐infested refuse piles from eggs.