Communication behaviors of the Neotropical mealybug Neochavesia caldasiae (Balachowsky 1957) (Pseudococcidae: Rhizoecinae) with its symbiotic ant Acropyga fuhrmanni (Forel 1914) (Formicidae: Formicinae).

被引：1

作者：

Charles Delabie, Jacques Hubert ^{[1
]}

Serrao, Jose Eduardo ^{[2
]}

Ferreira Mariano, Clea Dos Santos ^{[1
]}

Matile-Ferrero, Daniele ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Ctr Pesquisas Cacau, UPA Lab Mirmecol, Convenio CEPLAC UESC, BR-45600000 Itabuna, BA, Brazil

[2] Univ Fed Vicosa, Dept Biol Geral, BR-36570000 Vicosa, MG, Brazil

[3] Museum Natl Hist Nat, Entomol Lab, F-75005 Paris, France

来源：

ANNALES DE LA SOCIETE ENTOMOLOGIQUE DE FRANCE | 2008年 / 44卷 / 04期

关键词：

Behaviour; rhizosphere; communication; antenna; Neotropical Region;

D O I：

10.1080/00379271.2008.10697582

中图分类号：

Q96 [昆虫学];

学科分类号：

摘要：

We present several elements of the communication behavior of Neochavesia caldasiae (Pseudococcidae, Rhizoecinae) with its host ant Acropyga fuhrmanni. These insects live in symbiosis on the cocoa tree roots at Bahia, Brazil. The mealybug antennae are used as a communication organ between the two organisms, aiming to recruit the ant to be sheltered or carried to another gallery of the nest. We describe the "appeasement boxing": the mealybug boxes the ant with its abdominal apex when it is hustled by the ant, aiming this one far from its safe place on the root.

引用

页码：471 / 475

页数：5