Data e Horário das apresentações de pôsteres no XXII Simpósio de Mirmecologia

Date and Time for poster presentation at the XXII Simpósio de Mirmecologia

OCTOBER, 19 – MONDAY

APRESENTAÇÕES DE PÔSTERES/ POSTER SESSIONS

Foyer, 16:00 – 17:00

Poster

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Abstract Title and Authors

1 PROPODEAL LOBEHAIR: A PUTATIVE SYNAPOMORPHY FOR Strumigenys (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE:

MYRMICINAE) - T.S.R. SILVA & R.M. FEITOSA

2 ADDITIONS TO THE Pheidole (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE: MYRMICINAE) TAXONOMY: THE SPECIES OF PARANÁ,

BRAZIL - A.C. FERREIRA & R.M. FEITOSA

3 A TAXONOMIC REVISION AND PHYLOGNETIC ANALYSIS OF THE RIMOSUS SPECIES GROUP OF THE ANT GENUS

Cyphomyrmex (MYRMICINAE, ATTINI) - E.Z. ALBUQUERQUE & C.R.F. BRANDÃO

4 WHICH AND HOW MANY ARE THE ANTS OF PARANÁ, BRAZIL? - J.M. CALIXTO & R.M. FEITOSA

5 IMPORTANCE OF THE MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERS OF MALES FOR THE SYSTEMATICS OF THE GENUS Pheidole

WESTWOOD, 1839 (FORMICIDAE: MYRMICINAE) - V.M. NOVAIS, M.L, OLIVEIRA, R. da S. FREIRE, L.S. RAMOS-LACAU,

J.H.C. DELABIE & S. LACAU

6 ANT TRAILS ARE THE FINAL DESTINATION OF MANIPULATIVE FUNGUS - R.G. LORETO, E.M. HANKS, S.L. ELLIOT & D.P.

HUGHES

7 HAS Atta opaciceps A PREFERENCE FOR MORE PALATABLE LEAVES? - C.B. BARRERA & F.F. SIQUEIRA

8 EFFECT OF INDUCED ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD ON THE FORAGING BEHAVIOR OF ANTS - M.C. PEREIRA & W.F.

ANTONIALLI-JUNIOR

9 BEHAVIORAL INTERACTIONS AND FORAGING TECHNIQUES OF Camponotus rufipes (HYMENOPTERA, FORMICIDAE) -

F.A. SANTANA, M. YAMAMOTO & F.A.S. PALHARES

10 DEFENSE BEHAVIOR OF THE BLOOD-RED ANT Formica sanguinea LATREILLE, 1789 - F.M. REZENDE

11 EFFECT OF CHANGE IN SEASONAL ANTS EPIGAEIC DIVERSITY (HYMENOPTERA: FOMICIDAE) IN ECOTONE AREAS

- J.T. SANTOS, L.G. BOA SORTE & J. DOS S. CARDOSO

12 THE ANT FAUNA IN HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENT: DISTRIBUTION, INFESTATION AND NESTING BEHAVIOR - M.M.

CASTRO, E.F. FERNANDES, M. ALMEIDA & F. PREZOTO

13 GONE WITH THE WIND: SHORT AND LONG-TERM RESPONSES OF LEAF-CUTTING ANTS TO THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS

OF WIND ON THEIR FORAGING ACTIVITY - A.M. ALMA, A.G. FARJI-BRENER & L. ELIZALDE

14 EVOLUTION OF ANT KARYOTYPES IN THE ECTATOMMINAE SUBFAMILY - C.S.F. MARIANO, E. A. SANTOS, J.V. SANTOS,

R.Q. DE MENEZES & J.H.C. DELABIE

15 THE GENE EXPRESSION OF ZOMBIE-ANTS - R.G. LORETO, C. DE BEKKER, R.A. OHM & D.P. HUGHES

16 IMMUNE RESPONSE IN Acromyrmex subterraneus subterraneus AND Acromyrmex subterraneus molestans QUEENS - L.C.

GANDRA, K.D. AMARAL, V.E. SEIDE, D.J. de SOUZA & T.M.C. DELLA LUCIA

17 STUDY OF VENOM VARIATION OF Ectatomma brunneum IN FOUR POPULATIONS UNDER DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTAL

CONDITIONS – BY FTIR-PAS TECHNIC - L.C. SANTOS-JUNIOR, R.C. BERNARDI, E.L.B. FIRMINO, A. MENDONÇA, D.S.

ANTÔNIO, L.C. ANDRADE, W.F. ANTONIALLI-JUNIOR & S.M. LIMA

18 A NEW PERSPECTIVE TO EVALUATE SUBTERRANEAN ASSEMBLAGES: TESTING THE TSBF METHOD FOR SAMPLING

ANTS - M.F. MARTINS, R.S.M. FEITOSA & M.J. THOMAZINI

19 DO DIVERSITY AND COMPOSITION OF GRASSLAND ANT SPECIES DIFFER BETWEEN LAND-USE TYPES IN SOUTHERN

BRAZIL? - L.R. PODGAISKI, W. DRÖSE, M.S. MENDONÇA JR., J. HERMANN, S.T. MEYER, M.M. GOSSNER, J. KOLLMANN &

W.W. WEISSER

20 COMPOSITION AND RICHNESS OF ANTS COMMUNITIES IN MOUNTAIN RANGE ECOSYSTEMS, SOUTHERN BRAZIL -

C.L. KLUNK, F.B. ROSUMEK, F.R. MARCINEIRO & B.C. LOPES

21 EFFECT OF SOIL WATERLOGGING ON THE ANT FAUNA - C.B. COSTA-MILANEZ, R.B.F. CAMPOS; A.F.M. RODRIGUES & S.P.

RIBEIRO

22 HOW PLANT ARCHITECTURE AFFECT TEMPORAL RESOURCE PARTITIONING OF AN ANT GUILD IN RUPESTRE

FIELD? - A.M.L. SANTANA & G.M.M. SANTOS

23 ANT FAUNA OF TAMBABA, PARAÍBA, BRAZIL, IN RISK OF LOCAL EXTINCTION - B. LUNAR & R. SILVESTRE

24 ELEVATIONAL GRADIENT AND LEAF LITTER ANTS IN A MIXED MONTANE RAIN FOREST, SOUTHERN MINAS GERAIS,

BRAZIL - V. KORASAKI, R.S. FERREIRA, T.G. SILVA, D.L. BRAGA, R.L. FERREIRA & C.R. RIBAS

25 CHECKLIST OF THE SOIL ANT SPECIES (HYMENOPTERA, FORMICIDAE) IN AN URBAN FRAGMENT OF CERRADO

FROM WEST-CENTRAL BRAZIL - M. TIBCHERANI, S.S. SUGUITURU & R.L. MELLO

26 TEMPORAL CHANGES IN APHID-TENDING ANT COMMUNITY - L.F. ZURLO, E.O. CANEDO-JÚNIOR, G.S. SANTIAGO, M.C.S.

CARVALHO, G.P. ALVES & C.R. RIBAS

27 EFFECTIVENESS OF GENERA AS SURROGATE TO SPECIES DIVERSITY IS NOT AFFECTED BY SAMPLING TECHNIQUE

- J.L.P. SOUZA, P.A.C.L. PEQUENO, F.B. BACCARO, E. FRANKLIN & W.E. MAGNUSSON

28 HOW DOES FIRE FREQUENCY AFFECT ANT DIVERSITY, SEED REMOVAL AND PREDATION IN SOUTHERN AMAZON? -

L.N. PAOLUCCI, T.G. SOBRINHO A.N. ANDERSEN & J.H. SCHOEREDER

29 ANT (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE) COMMUNITY COMPOSITION IN RELATION TO ALTITUDINAL GRADIENT IN

BRAZILIAN PANTANAL - S.S. CARVALHO, R. ARANDA, E.M. SANTOS, V.A.F. NACAGAVA & P.R. SOUZA

30 ARBOREAL ANTS SAMPLED WITH TWO DIFFERENT BAIT TYPES IN A SEMI-DECIDUOUS DRY FOREST, BAHIA STATE -

C.F. MATOS-OLIVEIRA, S. LACAU, P.S.D. SILVA, R. PÉREZ-MALUF & A.G.D. BIEBER

31 EFFECT OF THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT ON ANT ASSEMBLIES (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE) OF SALVADOR,

BRAZIL - T.S. MELO, M.C.L. PERES & J.H.C. DELABIE

32 ARBOREAL ANT MOSAICS MELTDOWN WITH ELEVATION - M. LEPONCE & P. KLIMES

33 IMPORTANCE OF ANTS IN THE ARCHITECTURE AND ROBUSTNESS OF PLANT-ANIMAL MUTUALISMS WITHIN THE

DARWIN'S ENTANGLED BANK - W. DÁTTILO, N. LARA-RODRÍGUEZ, P. JORDANO, P.R. GUIMARÃES, J.N. THOMPSON, R.J.

MARQUIS, R. ORTIZ-PULIDO, M.A. MARCOS-GARCÍA & V. RICO-GRAY

34 HERBIVORY BY Atta opaciceps BORGMEIER IN A SEASONALLY DRY TROPICAL FOREST - F.F. SIQUEIRA & I.R. LEAL

35 LEAF-CUTTING ANTS AS ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERS: REDUCTION IN LEAF-LITTER AROUND Atta cephalotes AND Atta

sexdens NESTS - F.C. LIMA JR & I.R. LEAL

36 THE ROLE OF ANTS AS POLLINATORS OF Blutaparon portulacoides (A. ST.-HIL.) MEARS (AMARANTHACEAE) - J. IBARRA

ISASSI & S.F. SENDOYA

37 PARASITOID PHORID FLIES OF THE LEAF-CUTTING ANT Acromyrmex niger ARE NEGATIVELY AFFECTED BY THE

REDUCTION IN FOREST COVER - C.B. BARRERA, E.L. BECKER, R.C. SAMPAIO, M.V. OLIVEIRA, L. ELIZALDE & J.M.

QUEIROZ

38 SIZE AND CONDITION OF BAMBOO AS STRUCTURAL FACTORS BEHIND THE VERTICAL STRATIFICATION OF THE

BAMBOO-NESTING ANT COMMUNITY - F.V. ARRUDA, D.G.MARCELINO, M.A. PESQUERO, G.A. LEITE, J.H.C. DELABIE & R.

FAGUNDES

39 Azteca sp. COLONIZATION PATTERNS IN Cecropia glaziovii SNETHL. - L.E.B. SILVA; F.G. do CARMO; G.Z. NEVES; R.I. de

CAMPOS & K.N. OLIVEIRA

40 PREDATION RATES AND COMPOSITION OF PREDATORY ANTS IN DIFFERENT COFFEE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS - M.A.

ANGOTTI, R.G. CUISSI, C.S. OLIVEIRA, E.O. CANEDO-JÚNIOR & C.R. RIBAS

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41 LAND USE CHANGE IN A TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT: SHIFTS IN ANT ASSEMBLAGE STRUCTURE - A.M. RABELLO,

A.C.M. QUEIROZ, G.S. SANTIAGO, D.L. BRAGA, G. ALVES, C.L. PARR & C.R. RIBAS

42 FORAGE COLLECTION BY Atta sexdens LINNAEUS, 1758 (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE) IN EUCALYPT PLANTATIONS

IN THE BRAZILIAN BIOMES - C.S. ABREU, T.S. ALVARENGA, A. dos SANTOS & R. ZANETTI

43 HUMAN-MADE HABITATS LEAD TO CHANGES ON VERTICAL STRATIFICATION OF CERRADO ANTS - M.M.G. IMATA,

A.C.M. QUEIROZ, A.M. RABELLO, D.L. BRAGA, G.P. ALVES, S.M. PHILPOTT & C.R. RIBAS

44 TO WHAT EXTENT DO ANTHROPOGENIC HABITATS PROVIDE CONSERVATION VALUE FOR NATIVE CERRADO ANTS?

- A.C.M. QUEIROZ, A.M. RABELLO, G.S. SANTIAGO, D.L. BRAGA, G. ALVES, L. ZURLO, S.M. PHILPOTT & C.R. RIBAS

45 PERFORMANCE OF THREE CONTROL STRATEGIES FOR Solenopsis saevissima (Smith, 1855) IN URBAN AREA:

PRELIMINARY RESULTS - M.M. CASTRO, E.F. FERNANDES, H.H. SANTOS-PREZOTO, T.C. FRAGA, F.L. MACANHA, O.C.

BUENO & F. PREZOTO

46 TOXICITY OF CUMBARU (Dipteryx alata) ETHANOLIC EXTRACT FOR LEAF-CUTTING ANTS (Atta sexdens rubropilosa Forel,

1908) (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE) IN LABORATORY - J.A.C. dos SANTOS, A. dos SANTOS, K.L. da SILVA, N. da SILVA,

S.C. LADEIA & W.M. NUNES

OCTOBER, 20 – TUESDAY

APRESENTAÇÕES DE PÔSTERES/ POSTER SESSIONS

Foyer, 16:00 – 17:00

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Abstract Title and Authors

1 Pheidole radoszkowskii RECONSIDERED - A.C. FERREIRA & R.M. FEITOSA

2 THE FORMICIDAE COLLECTION IN THE MUSEU PARAENSE EMÍLIO GOELDI: HISTORICAL, DIGITIZING BIOCOLLECTIONS AND

CONTRIBUTION TO THE INFORMATION SYSTEM ON BRAZILIAN BIODIVERSITY - SIBBR - E.Z.ALBUQUERQUE, J.P.P. ROCHA, A.V.

CRUZ, T.M. SILVA, C.R.M. SANTOS, O.T. SILVEIRA & A.Y. HARADA

3 A TAXONOMIC AND PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF THE ANT GENUS Basiceros (MYRMICINAE, ATTINI) - R.S. PROBST & C.R.F.

BRANDÃO

4 A CONTRIBUTION TO THE BUILDING OF A GLOBAL BIBLIOGRAPHIC BASE FOR NEOTROPICAL SPECIES OF THE TAXON Pheidole

WESTWOOD, 1839 (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE) - C.S. DIAS, A.G. NUNES, M.L. de OLIVEIRA, V.M. NOVAIS, L.S. RAMOS-LACAU,

J.H.C. DELABIE & S. LACAU

5 TAXONOMIC REVISION OF THE ANT GENUS Protalaridris BROWN - J.E. LATTKE, G. ALPERT & G.A. ZABALA

6 ATTRACTIVENESS AND WATER-BASED EXTRACTION OF CUTICULAR COMPOUNDS IN QUEENS OF THE HIGHLY POLYGYNOUS

ANT Crematogaster pygmaea (FORMICIDAE: MYRMICINAE) - G.B. MARTINS SEGUNDO & Y. QUINET

7 PROTEIN CONTENT OF LEAF-CUTTING ANT QUEENS BEFORE THE NUPTIAL FLIGHT AND DURING THE POST-CLAUSTRAL

PHASE - R.S. CAMARGO & L.C. FORTI

8 FORMIGAME: A VIRTUAL GAME IN THE TEACHING-LEARNING PROCESS ABOUT THE WORLD OF ANTS - J.C.O. FRANÇA, P.T.

VALARELLI & I.J.M.T. GOMES

9 NESTING BEHAVIOR OF THE ANT Solenopsis saevissima IN URBAN AREA - E.F. FERNANDES, M.M. CASTRO, F.L. MACANNHA, T.C.

FRAGA & F. PREZOTO

10 A PRELIMINARY STUDY ON THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF WORKERS IN Pheidole pholeops WILSON, 2003

(FORMICIDAE: MYRMICINAE) - A.G. NUNES, M.S. ANJOS, M.A. RABELLO, M.L. OLIVEIRA, L.S. RAMOS-LACAU, J.H.C.

DELABIE & S. LACAU

11 WHAT IS THE STIMULUS FOR DIGGING BEHAVIOR IN LEAF-CUTTING ANTS? - C.M. SANTOS, M.S. BRUGGER, T.A. SALES,

L.C. FORTI, R.S. CAMARGO & J.F.S. LOPES

12 CONSIDERATIONS ON THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS DURING FORAGING AND INVESTIGATION OF A REPELLENT

PHEROMONE IN Atta sexdens rubropilosa - L.C. TROITINO, G.P. RODRIGUES, N.G. CHÂLINE & E. OTTA

13 ACOUSTIC SIGNALS OF Atta laevigata (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE) WORKERS DURING SUBSTRATE PROCESSING

ON THE SYMBIOTIC FUNGUS - I.C. REISS, A.A. CARLOS, E.A. DINIZ & O.C. BUENO

14 CRYPTIC Camponotus ANT SPECIES IN URBAN AREAS - A. OLIVEIRA, A.E.C.CAMPOS & R. HARAKAVA

15 ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES OF TWO Atta sexdens rubropilosa (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE) SUBCASTES

TO VENOM GLAND EXTRACT - F.R. SUJIMOTO, D.S. FERNANDES, M.O.G. LEITE & J.M.S. BENTO

16 ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES FOR PLANT VOLATILES IN THE FORAGERS OF Atta sexdens rubropilosa

(HYMENOPTERA, FORMICIDAE) - D.S. FERNANDES, F.R. SUJIMOTO, A.A. CARLOS, J.M.S. MAURÍCIO & O.C. BUENO

17 DNA CONTENT ESTIMATION OF NEW ANT TAXA AND TRENDS IN GENOME SIZE EVOLUTION - D.C. CARDOSO & M.P.

CRISTIANO

18 DIFFERENCE IN COMPOSITION AND RATES OF SEED REMOVAL BY ANTS AMONG COFFEE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

AND ADJACENT FRAGMENTS - M.C.S. CARVALHO, M.A. ANGOTTI, C.S. OLIVEIRA, E.O. CANEDO-JÚNIOR, R.G. CUISSI &

C.R. RIBAS

19 EFFECT OF GROUNDWATER VARIATION ON ABUNDANCE AND RESOURCE MONOPOLIZATION OF DOMINANT AND

SUBORDINATE ANT SPECIES IN CENTRAL AMAZON RAIN FOREST - P.M. de S.HOLANDA, J.L.P. de SOUZA & F.B. BACCARO

20 COMPARISON OF SAMPLING METHODS FOR ARBOREAL ANT CERRADO SAVANNA - M.O.D. SANNA, L.F. RIBEIRO, D.C.

MUSCARDI, T.G. SOBRINHO & J.H. SCHOEREDER

21 SUCESSION OF ANTS (HYMENOPTERA: FOMICIDAE) IN ELECTRORREMEDIATED SALINE SOILS IN EX LAGO DE

TEXCOCO, MEXICO - G. CASTAÑO-MENESES, D. PÉREZ-VELÁZQUEZ, A. IBÁÑEZ, E. BUSTOS & A. CALLEJAS-CHAVERO

22 ANT COMMUNITIES IN MANGROVE ISLANDS OF BAIXADA SANTISTA (SOUTHEAST BRAZIL) - M.T. ANGELONI, R.S.

PROBST & M.A.A. PINHEIRO

23 ANTS COMMUNITY PHENOLOGY THROUGHOUT A TROPICAL MOUNTAIN - R.M. SOUZA, M.M.B. COUTO, M.M.L.

FERREIRA & F.S. NEVES

24 COMPOSITION OF THE ANT FAUNA IN DISTINCT PHYTOPHYSIOGNOMIES OF THE CAMPOS GERAIS PARANAENSES,

SOUTHERN BRAZIL - W. FRANCO & R.M. FEITOSA

25 ‘ISLANDS’ OF MIMOSA TENUIFLORA TREELETS (FABACEAE) IN AN ‘OCEAN’ OF PASTURE: HOW AREA AND DISTANCE

AFFECT THE OCCURRENCE OF ARBOREAL ANTS - D.S. SILVA, S. LACAU, A.G.D. BIEBER & P.S.D. SILVA

26 FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION OF MYRMECOFAUNA IN COFFEE PLANTATIONS AND FORESTS REMNANTS OF

THE CONQUISTA PLATEAU, BAHIA, BRAZIL - J.M. SILVA-FREITAS, T.E.D. MARQUES, J. H. C. DELABIE & S. LACAU

27 ANT FAUNA OF A CATCHMENT AREA UNDER DIRECT INFLUENCE FROM SMALL HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS

IN THE FORTALEZA RIVER, MUNICIPALITIES OF PIRAÍ DO SUL, TIBAGI AND VENTANIA, PARANÁ STATE, BRAZIL - J.A.

LUTINSKI, L. BAUCKE, M. de FILTRO & M.A. BUSATO

28 HIGHER TAXA (SUBFAMILY AND GENUS) OF ANTS AS SURROGATES OF SPECIES RICHNESS IN PRIMARY AND

SECONDARY FORESTS FROM EASTERN AMAZON, BRAZIL - J.A. MUÑOZ, G.X. ROUSSEAU & J.H.C. DELABIE

29 DIURNAL AND NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY PATTERNS OF LEAF LITTER ANTS (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE) - J.M.

CALIXTO, R.M. FEITOSA & R.R. SILVA

30 SURVEY OF THE ANT FAUNA OF THE LITTER ON RESTINGA - B. LUNAR, M.M.S. COSTA & E. FOLLY-RAMOS

31 COMPOSITION OF THE ANT FAUNA IN THE SOUTH FRONTIER OF CERRADO, A NEOTROPICAL SAVANNA - A.M.

OLIVEIRA & R.M. FEITOSA

32 IS THERE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MORNING AND AFTERNOON PERIODS ON SEED REMOVAL RATES? - G.B. DO

NASCIMENTO, M.A. ANGOTTI, C.S. OLIVEIRA, R.G. CUISSI & C.R. RIBAS

33 SHARED NESTS BY ANTS AND OTHER INVERTEBRATES - T.T. FERNANDES, R. LEOPOLDO, E.G. BONFIM-KUBATAMAIA &

M.S.C. MORINI

34 ANTS AS SECONDARY SEED DISPERSERS OF Siparuna guianensis (SIPARUNACEAE) IN CERRADO VEGETATION - V.B.

MAGALHÃES & P.S. OLIVEIRA

35 EFFECTIVENESS OF FARMING ANTS DEFENSE TO A MUTUALISTIC APHID - G.P. ALVES, E.O. CANEDO-JÚNIOR, L.F.

ZURLO, M.C.S. CARVALHO & C.R. RIBAS

36 IS THE COLOR OF SEEDS IMPORTANT FOR SEED REMOVAL BY ANTS? - G.S. SANTIAGO, R.G. CUISSI, E.O. CANEDO-JR,

C.J. LASMAR & C.R. RIBAS

37 DO ANT-APHID INTERACTIONS AFFECT BEANS (Phaseolus vulgaris) PRODUCTIVITY? - M.A. RABELO, E.O. CANEDO-JR,

G.S. SANTIAGO, L.F. ZURLO, M.C.S. CARVALHO, G.P. ALVES & C.R. RIBAS

38 EXTRAFLORAL NECTARIES IN Terminalia catappa L.: THE INFLUENCE OF LEAF ONTOGENY IN ANT-PLANT

INTERACTIONS - C.H.F. da SILVA, D.Q.A. REIS, L.J.B. GONÇALVES & M.M. SILVA

39 MANY ANTS, FEW MUTUALISTS: IDENTIFYING PROTECTORS AND EXPLOITERS IN ANT-PLANT INTERACTION

NETWORKS - R. FAGUNDES, W. DATTILO, P. JORDANO, S.P. RIBEIRO, V. RICO-GRAY & K. DEL-CLARO

40 FORAGING SELECTION PREFERENCES BY Atta sexdens (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE) - C.S. ABREU, W.L. PAIVA, T.S.

ALVARENGA, R. ZANETTI & A. SANTOS

41 CORRELATION BETWEEN NEST SIZE OF LEAF-CUTTING ANTS Atta spp. (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE) AND TEAK

CANOPY DEFOLIATION USING REMOTE SENSING - J.L. CONCEIÇÃO, A. SANTOS, C.A.C. OLIVEIRA, R. ZANETTI & J.A.C.

SANTOS

42 DETERMINATION OF DEFOLIATION BY LEAF-CUTTING ANTS Atta spp. (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDADE) IN TEAK

COMMERCIAL PLANTATIONS WITH REMOTE SENSING - C.A.C OLIVEIRA, A. SANTOS, J.L. CONCEIÇÃO, R. ZANETTI &

K.L. da SILVA

43 DETERMINATION OF LETHAL CONCENTRATION (LC50) OF CUMBARU EXTRACT Dipteryx alata Vog FOR LEAF-CUTTING

ANTS Atta sexdens (Linnaeus, 1758) BY TOPICAL APPLICATION - W.M. NUNES, S.C. LADEIA, K.L. da SILVA, J.A.C. dos SANTOS

& N. da SILVA

44 EFFECT OF CUMBARU EXTRACT Dipteryx alata Vog. ON LEAF-CUTTING ANT Atta sexdens (Linnaeus, 1758) IN LABORATORY

- S.C. LADEIA, A. SANTOS, J.A.C. dos SANTOS, K.L. da SILVA, N. da SILVA & W.M. NUNES

45 ANT FAUNA SURVEY IN AREAS OF OMBROPHILOUS OPEN FORETS AND PASTURES, ACRE, BRAZIL - P.C. SILVA JR, F.M.S.

SALES, A.B.S.OLIVEIRA & F.A. SCHMIDT

46 DAILY DYNAMICS FORAGING OF Atta sexdens LINNAEUS, 1758 (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE) - W.L. PAIVA, C.S. ABREU,

R. ZANETTI, A. SANTOS & T.S. ALVARENGA

OCTOBER, 21 – WEDNESDAY

APRESENTAÇÕES DE PÔSTERES/ POSTER SESSIONS

Foyer, 16:00 – 17:00

Poster

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Abstract Title and Authors

1 ADDITIONS TO THE TAXONOMY OF THE ANT GENUS Proceratium (PROCERATIINAE) IN THE NEOTROPICAL REGION -

R.S. PROBST & C.R.F. BRANDÃO

2 A CONTRIBUTION TO THE BUILDING OF AN ICONOGRAPHIC CATALOG FOR NEOTROPICAL SPECIES OF Pheidole

(HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE) - G. dos S. ALVES; M.S. ANJOS; A.G. NUNES; M.L. OLIVEIRA; L.S. RAMOS-LACAU; J.H.C.

DELABIE & S. LACAU

3 CHECKLIST OF THE ANT SPECIES (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE) OF THE BRAZILIAN SEMI-ARID - H.J. DE SOUZA &

J.H.C. DELABIE

4 EPIGEIC ANTS (HYMENOPTERA, FORMICIDAE) OF PROSA STATE PARK, AN URBAN FRAGMENT OF CERRADO - E.M.

SANTOS, R. ARANDA, S.S. CARVALHO, V.A.F. NACAGAVA& P.R. SOUZA

5 COLONY STRUCTURE AND NEST ARCHITECTURE IN Crematogaster abstinens (FORMICIDAE: MYRMICINAE), A SISTER

SPECIES OF Crematogaster pygmaea - G.B. MARTINS SEGUNDO, L.R. SÁ, M.T.M.B. FONTENELLE, M.M. GOMES, R.M. FEITOSA

& Y. QUINET

6 INITIAL DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION OF CO2 IN COLONIES OF THE LEAF-CUTTING ANT Atta sexdens DURING

THE CLAUSTRAL PHASE - R.S. CAMARGO, L.C. FORTI & C.A.O. MATOS

7 THE ROLE OF NEST DEPTH AND ABIOTIC FACTORS IN DEBRIS MANAGEMENT BY LEAF-CUTTING ANTS - S.S. VERZA,

M.F. CHIARELLI, R.C.R. GONÇALVES-GERVÁSIO, M.O. GOMES & O.C. BUENO

8 A PRELIMINARY STUDY ON BEHAVIORAL INTERACTIONS BETWEEN WORKERS AND BROOD IN Pheidole carapuna

MANN, 1916 (FORMICIDAE: MYRMICINAE) - M.S. ANJOS, M.A. RABELO, A.G. NUNES, M.L. OLIVEIRA, L.S. RAMOS-LACAU,

J.H.C. DELABIE & S. LACAU

9 A PRELIMINARY STUDY ON THE SOCIAL BEHAVIOR OF DEALATE GYNES IN Gnamptogenys regularis MAYR, 1870

(FORMICIDAE: ECTATOMMINAE) - M.A. RABELO, M.S. ANJOS, A.G. NUNES, M.L. OLIVEIRA, S. LACAU & L.S. RAMOS-

LACAU

10 ANTS TRAFFIC, TRAIL PHEROMONE RELEASING AND ANTENNAE TOUCHING BEHAVIOR IN Atta sexdens rubropilosa:

ARE THESE ACVITIES CORRELATED? - C.H.L. ZITELLI, D.S. FERNANDES, F.R. SUJIMOTO & J.M.S. BENTO

11 COMPARISON OF GROOMING BEHAVIOUR AS A COMPONENT OF SOCIAL IMMUNITY IN SIMPLE AND COMPLEX ANT

SOCIETIES - T.P. MENDES, C. TRANTER & W.O.H. HUGHES

12 SPECIES DIVERSITY OF ANTS IN THE TROPICAL DRY FOREST OF PATÍA GEOGRAPHIC VALLEY, SOUTH-WEST OF

COLOMBIA - Y.A.M. VELASCO & M.C.G. ROPERO

13 β-OXIDATION OF FATTY ACIDS BY POST-PHARYNGEAL GLANDS OF Atta sexdens rubropilosa (HYMENOPTERA:

FORMICIDAE) - A.S. VIEIRA & O.C. BUENO

14 AMINOACID AND POLYSACCHARIDE METABOLIC PATHWAYS IN THE ATTINI ANT Mycocepurus goeldii - D.P. SILVA, M.

FERRO & M. BACCI JR.

15 FIXED TRAITS AND RAPIDLY EVOLVED FUNCTIONS UNDERLYING THE SPECIACION PROCESS IN THE LEAF-CUTTER

ANT Atta laevigata - M. FERRO, C.M. RODOVALHO & M. BACCI JR.

16 MACROEVOLUTIONARY PATTERNS IN THE ANT REPRODUCTIVE CASTE (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE) - R.D.R.

RODRIGUES & M. R. PIE

17 ANALYSIS OF THE NUCLEAR DNA AND THE PRESENCE AND FREQUENCY OF THE ENDOSYMBIONT WOLBACHIA IN

Cephalotes (HYMENOPTERA, FORMICIDAE) - M.G. BASTOS, M.O. RAMALHO, L.M.R. SILVA & O.C. BUENO

18 EDGE EFFECTS ON ANT RICHNESS AND COMPOSITION IN AN URBAN FOREST FRAGMENT IN MANAUS, AMAZONAS,

BRAZIL - T.F. dos SANTOS, F.B. BACCARO & J.S. ARAÚJO

19 THE USE OF THE TWIG-NESTING ANT COMMUNITY AS A MONITORING TOOL IN AN AREA SUBMITTED TO

ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION - J.S. CARNEIRO, C.S. SOUZA & E.N. SILVA

20 CHECKLIST AND AN ECOLOGICAL HANDBOOK FOR THE ANTS OF RESERVA ECOLÓGICA GUAPIAÇU, CACHOEIRAS

DE MACACU-RJ - E.C.B. FRANÇA, C.A. BARRERA, R.M. FEITOSA & J.M. QUEIROZ

21 ANT FAUNA OF A CERRADO FRAGMENT AFTER FIRE IN ANÁPOLIS-GO - A.M. DIAS & H.F. da CUNHA

22 TREE ABUNDANCE AND ARBOREAL ANT COMMUNITIES IN TWO FOREST TYPES RELATED TO THE ATLANTIC

FOREST BIOME - V.M. de OLIVEIRA & M.S. MADUREIRA

23 NESTS ON THE LEAF LITTER SHARED BY ANTS - O.G.M. SILVA, T.T. FERNANDES, B.S. FUTIKAMI, L.P. SAAD, D.R. SOUZA-

CAMPANA & M.S.C. MORINI

24 DIVERSITY OF ANT SPECIES FROM CAATINGA BIOME IN MUNICIPALITY OF JEQUIÉ, BAHIA, BRAZIL - D.S. SANTOS,

M.S. ALVES, A.M.S. SILVA, R.A. SANTOS, J.G. SANTOS & A.L.B. SOUZA

25 IS THERE ANY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FUNCTIONAL ANT GROUPS IN PERMANENT PRESERVATION AREAS (PPAs)

AND LEGAL RESERVES (LRs)? - R.P.S. ALMEIDA, R.S. SANTOS, Y.T. dos REIS & L. SOUSA-SOUTO

26 EPIGEIC ANT (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE) COMMUNITY IN CERRADO’S URBANS PATCH - V.A.F. NACAGAVA, R.

ARANDA, E.M. SANTOS, S.S. CARVALHO & P.R. SOUZA

27 HOW DOES RESOURCE SUPPLEMENTATION AFFECT THE ARBOREAL ANT COMMUNITY OF A BRAZILIAN SAVANNA -

L.F. RIBEIRO, D.C. MUSCARDI, T.G. SOBRINHO, A. ANDERSEN & J.H. SCHOEREDER

28 SPECIES RICHNESS OF RESTINGA ANTS INCREASES WITH INCREASING COMPLEXITY OF THE ENVIRONMENT? - V.S.

RIBEIRO, J.H. SCHOEREDER & D.C. CARDOSO

29 THE IMPACT OF NESTING RESOURCES HETEROGENEITY AND A DOMINANT SPECIES ON THE DIVERSITY OF AN

ARBOREAL ANT COMMUNITY - F.C. CAMAROTA, S. POWELL & H.L. VASCONCELOS

30 COMBINED COLLECTING TECHNIQUES: A SPECIES LIST FOR THE ANTS OF THE PARQUE ESTADUAL DE VILA VELHA,

PARANÁ, BRAZIL - W. FRANCO, M.F. MARTINS & R.M. FEITOSA

31 ANT ASSEMBLAGE (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE) IN THREE WIND FARMS IN PARANÁ STATE, BRAZIL - J.A.

LUTINSKI, L. BAUCKE, M. de FILTRO, M.A. BUSATO & A.C. KNAKIEWICZ

32 STRUCTURE AND COMPOSITION OF INTERACTION NETWORK OF ANT-DIASPORE IN SECONDARY ATLANTIC FOREST

- B.F. da SILVA, A.J. MAYHÉ-NUNES & A.F. NUNES-FREITAS

33 INTERFERENCE BY Liometopum apiculatum MAYR (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE) ABOUT PARASITOIDS OF Toumeyella

martinezi MYARTESEVA (HEMIPTERA: COCCIDAE) ASSOCIATED TO Myrtillocactus geometrizans CONSOLE (CACTACEAE)

- A. CALLEJAS-CHAVERO, D.G MARTINEZ-HERNANDEZ & G. CASTAÑO-MENESES

34 PHENOLOGICAL PHASES OF UMBUZEIRO (Spondias tuberosa ARR. CAM.): AN ANALYSIS OF THE DIVERSITY OF ANT

FAUNA ASSOCIATE - V.S. SANTOS, J.T. SANTOS & J. dos S. CARDOSO

35 PLANTS THAT OFFER EXTRAFLORAL NECTAR WITH BEST QUALITY ARE BETTER PROTECTED BY ANTS - F.T.

PACELHE, F.V, COSTA, F.S. NEVES & M.A.R MELLO

36 FOREST EDGE EFFECT DOES NOT AFFECT A FACULTATIVE PLANT-ANT INTERACTION - D.Q.A REIS, T.C.S BEZERRA &

I.R. LEAL

37 TREE HEIGHT DETERMINES THE DISTRIBUTION OF ANTS IN THE TROPICAL DRY FOREST CANOPY: THE CASE OF

DOMINANT ARBOREAL ANTS DISTRIBUTION - R.L. ANTONIAZZI-JUNIOR, S.P. RIBEIRO & F.S. NEVES

38 TEMPERATURE AND RESOURCE TYPE INFLUENCE THE PHENOLOGY OF ANT-PLANT MUTUALISMS IN CAMPO

RUPESTRE - F.V. COSTA, L.D.S. BRAGA, B.S. BOA SORTE, A.C. LEITE, A.L.C. VILA-REAL, M.A.R. MELLO & F.S. NEVES

39 ANT-LION (NEUROPTERA: MYRMELEONTIDAE) ASSOCIATED WITH NESTS OF Dorymyrmex thoracicus (HYMENOPTERA:

FORMICIDAE): TESTING THE OPTIMAL FORAGING THEORY - C.M. KNOECHELMANN, D. TRINDADE, J.C. MASSANTE,

F.C. LIMA JR & P.E. SANTOS NETO

40 FREQUENCY AND POPULATION DENSITY OF LEAF-CUTTING ANTS IN Eucalyptus PLANTATIONS IN PAMPA BIOME -

S.H.P. SILVEIRA, A. ARNHOLD, A. SANTOS, H.P. de SOUZA & R. ZANETTI

41 Atta sexdens (Linnaeus, 1758) (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE) ACCEPTANCE OF GRANULATED BAITS CONTAINING

Bacillus thuringiensis BASED BIOPESTICIDES - P.G. CHAGAS, F. H. VALICENTE, C.G. S. MARINHO, T.M.D. LUCIA & M.A.M.

FADINI

42 EVALUATION METHOD COMPONENT PRINCIPAL COMPONENT OF ANALYSIS (PCA) FOR LEAF CUTTER ANTS

INFESTATION LEVELS IN Eucalyptus PLANTATION - J.M. de A. ANDRADE, D M. L. B. JACOBOVITZ & D.R. PRETTO

43 DEVELOPMENT OF A TOXIC BAIT FORMULATION FOR THE CONTROL OF Linepithema micans (FOREL)

(HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE) IN VINEYARDS - A. NONDILLO, S. ANDZIESKI, O.C. BUENO & M. BOTTON

44 RESPONSES OF ANTS TO FOREST DEGRADATION IN URBAN FRAGMENTS IN EASTERN AMAZONIAN BRAZIL - J.

ANDRADE-SILVA, C.L.C. SANTOS, A.C.S. UTTA, C.R.R. SILVA, L.R. CANTANHEDE, J.H.C. DELABIE & J.M.M. REBÊLO

45 ARE ANT COMMUNITIES OF CAATINGA INFLUENCIED BY SAZONALITY? - B.M. SANTOS, A.S. SANTOS, M.A.F.

CARNEIRO, E. KOCH, I.C. NASCIMENTO & K.S. CARVALHO

46 TOXICITY OF FORMULATED BAITS WITH Sesamum indicum L. FOR Atta laevigata (F. SMITH 1860) (HYMENOPTERA:

FORMICIDAE) - G. TATAGIBA-ARAUJO, A.M. VIANA-BAILEZ, O. BAILEZ, A. AREDES & A. MOISES

OCTOBER, 22 – THURSDAY

APRESENTAÇÕES DE PÔSTERES/ POSTER SESSIONS

Foyer, 16:00 – 17:00

Poster

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Abstract Title and Authors

1 MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY OF THE Orthocrema SUBGENUS OF Crematogaster, WITH EMPHASIS ON THE limata COMPLEX

(HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE: MYRMICINAE): A PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT - L.M. PEDRAZA, F.F. FERNÁNDEZ, R.M.

FEITOSA & M.R. PIE

2 A REVISION OF THE NEOTROPICAL SPECIES OF THE GENUS Centromyrmex MAYR, 1866 - J.C.M.CHAUL & R.M. FEITOSA

3 TAXONOMIC DESCRIPTION OF TWO NEW SPECIES OF Pachycondyla (FORMICIDAE: PONERINAE: PONERINI) AND

REDESCRIPTION OF LECTOTYPE OF Pachycondyla harpax (FABRICIUS, 1804) - Y.A.M. VELASCO, J.H.C. DELABIE, C.S.F.

MARIANO, M.A. COSTA & S. LACAU

4 EXPANDING RECORDS OF OCCURRENCE AND MODELING THE POTENTIAL GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF

LEAFCUTTER ANT Acromyrmex striatus - M.P. CRISTIANO & D.C. CARDOSO

5 DUNG BEETLES VS GHOST ANTS: TESTING THE POTENTIAL REPELLENCY OF PIGIDIAL SECRETIONS OF Canthon

smaragdulus AGAINST THE URBAN PEST Tapinoma melanocephalum - R.L. DE CARVALHO, R.S FEREIRA, J. LOUZADA & N.

CHÂLINE

6 POLYMORPHISM AND POLYETHISM IN THE Atta robusta (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE) - J.C. DOS S. LIMA; F.B.

ENDRINGER; O. BAILEZ & A.M. VIANA BAILEZ

7 EFFECT OF FOLIAR SUBSTRATE ON CUTICULAR HYDROCARBON PROFILES OF Atta sexdens rubropilosa WORKERS (HYMENOPTERA, FORMICIDAE) - A.A. CARLOS, T.M. NUNES, I.C.C. TURATTI & O.C. BUENO

8 DIFFERENCE IN TRAIL PHEROMONE DEPOSITION BETWEEN LADEN AND UNLADEN ANTS AT THE BEGINNING OF

FORAGING ACTIVITY - W. SUMI & A.F. HELENE

9 BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PHORID PARASITOIDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE LEAF-CUTTING ANT Atta sexdens

rubropilosa (FOREL 1908) IN FOREST AND PASTURE AREA IN FLORESTAL, MINAS GERAIS - M.A. DE OLIVEIRA, C.F.F.

GOMES, P.L. GONÇALVES, L.M. GONTIJO, M.A.L. BRAGANÇA , E.M. PIRES & T.M.C. DELLA LUCIA

10 NURSING BEHAVIOR AND PERSONALITIES IN Dinoponera quadriceps - R.S. LEÃO, C.F. SIQUEIRA, M.C.N. OLIVEIRA & L.R.S.

ZANETTE

11 VARIATION IN THE DIET OF THE ANT Dinoponera quadriceps SANTSCHI (FORMICIDAE: PONERINAE) IN TWO AREAS OF

CAATINGA WITH DIFFERENT ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACTS - I. MENDES-SILVA, E.C.G. ALMEIDA, M.D. SOARES, C.

BOTTCHER & L.E.C. SOUZA

12 OLFACTORY MEMORY DURING FORAGING IN LEAF-CUTTING ANTS: WORKERS AVOID TOUGH LEAVES THEY COULD

NOT CUT - M. D. GARCIA, F. ROCES & M. BOLLAZZI

13 ASSEMBLY AND ANNOTATION OF THE TRANSCRIPTOME OF THE LEAF-CUTTER ANT Atta sexdens piriventris

(MYRMICINAE: ATTINI) - M. FERRO, C.M. RODOVALHO & M. BACCI JR.

14 ANTIMICROBIAL PROPERTIES OF THE VENOM OF Pachycondyla striata SMITH, 1858 (FORMICIDAE: PONERINAE) - P.P.

SANTOS, G.R. PEREIRA, C.A.V.BARRETO, L.L. OLIVEIRA, D.O. AZEVEDO, H.J.O. RAMOS, M.C. BARACAT-PEREIRA & J.E.

SERRÃO

15 ULTRASTRUCTURE OF THE LABIAL GLAND IN THE Pachycondyla striata (HYMENOPTERA, FORMICIDAE) - L.C.B.

MARTINS, P.P. SANTOS, M.L. FERNANDES & J.E. SERRÃO

16 ULTRASTRUCTURAL ALTERATIONS ON MALPHIGHIAN TUBULES FROM WORKERS OF Atta sexdens rubropilosa FOREL

1908 (HYMENOPTERA, FORMICIDAE) EXPOSED TO FIPRONIL - P. CINTRA-SOCOLOWSKI, M.C. PEREIRA, R.C.F. NOCELLI

& O.C. BUENO

17 CYTOGENETIC EVIDENCE OF ASSEXUAL REPRUDUTION IN A POPULATION OF Mycocepurus smithii (FORMICIDAE:

MYRMICINAE) - L.A.C. BARROS, H.J.A.C. AGUIAR, C.S.F. MARIANO, J.H.C. DELABIE & S.G. POMPOLO

18 A MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF SOUTH AMERICAN FIRE ANT DECAPITATING FLIES (DIPTERA:

PHORIDAE: Pseudacteon), WITH DELIMITATION OF SOME PUTATIVE NEW SPECIES - L.A. CALCATERRA, L. CHIFFLET,

A.F. SÁNCHEZ, N. TSUTSUI, M.A. PESQUERO & V.A. CONFALONIERI

19 THE ROLE OF VEGETATION COMPOSITION AND SPATIAL DISTANCE IN SOIL ANTS COMMUNITIES ASSEMBLY FROM

THE CAATINGA, BRAZIL - P.E. SANTOS NETO, F.C. LIMA JR, C. de L.S. OLIVEIRA, E.M.S. RIBEIRO & I.R. LEAL

20 ANT GUILDS (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE) IN A SUGARCANE CULTIVE - D.R. de SOUZA-CAMPANA, B.S. FUTIKAMI,

L.P. SAAD, O.C. BUENO & M.S.C. MORINI

21 ANT COMMUNITY STRUCTURE ON RAINFOREST PATCHES IN “CAMPO RUPESTRE”: ANT DIVERSITY DISTRIBUTION

ALONG AN ALTITUDINAL GRADIENT IN PARQUE NACIONAL DA SERRA DO CIPÓ - M.C. dos ANJOS, F.S. NEVES & R.I.

CAMPOS

22 THE EFFECT OF FLOODING ON THE COMPOSITION OF THE SOIL ANT ASSEMBLAGE IN THE NORTHERN REGION OF

THE PANTANAL OF MATO GROSSO, BRAZIL - E. MEURER, L.D. BATTIROLA, J.H.C. DELABIE & M.I. MARQUES

23 EFFECT OF SELECTIVE LOGGING ON ANT SPECIES RICHNESS IN CENTRAL AMAZONIA, BRAZIL - E.A. DA SILVA, G.S.

SANTIAGO, E.O. CANEDO-JÚNIOR, L.F. ZURLO, R.G. CUISSI, C.R. RIBAS & R. ZANETTI

24 DENSITY AND SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF NESTS OF Atta robusta BORGMEIER, (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE) IN

RESTINGA - F.B. ENDRINGER, O. BAILEZ, A.R.A. GALVÃO & A.M.VIANA-BAILEZ

25 DIVERSITY OF EPIGEAL ANT COMMUNITIES IN THREE ATLANTIC FOREST FRAGMENTS WITH DIFFERENCES IN

VEGETATION PHYSIOGNOMY, ALTITUDE AND LEAF LITTER STRUCTURE - C.S. SILVA, J.S. CARNEIRO, G.M.M. SANTOS

& E.N. SILVA

26 A FACTORIAL ANALYSIS ON THE LEAF LITTER ANTS IN THREE AREAS OF COCOA PLANTATIONS "DERRUBA TOTAL'’,

IN SOUTHERN BAHIA, BRAZIL - J.G. ALMEIDA JÚNIOR; C.S.F. MARIANO & J.H.C. DELABIE

27 IMPORTANCE OF URBAN FOREST FRAGMENTS TO CONSERVATION OF ANTS - M.V.A. LOPES, A.R.S. ANDRADE, J.H.C.

DELABIE, T.S. MELO & M.C.L. PERES

28 CONTRASTING THE TAXONOMIC AND PHYLOGENETIC DIVERSITY OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ANT IN BRAZILIAN

AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES - M. ROCHA-ORTEGA, A. BARTIMACHI, J. NEVES & H.L.VASCONCELOS

29 ABUNDANCE OF DOMINANT ANTS AND HETEROGENEITY OF THE HABITAT DETERMINE COMPETITIVE

INTERACTIONS IN FRAGMENTED TROPICAL DRY FORESTS - R. ACHURY, P. CHACÓN DE ULLOA, A. ARCILA & A. SUAREZ

30 IS THERE CONNECTIVITY AMONG ANT COMMUNITIES FROM LEAF LITTER AND CANOPY IN THE ATLANTIC

FOREST? - R.G. CUISSI, L.F. MAIA, N.H.F. ALECRIM & E.O. CANEDO-JR

31 COMPETING ANTS IN A CHECKERBOARD: DO THEY EXCLUDE EACH OTHER FOR FOOD? - A.M. DIAS, T. C. de ALMEIDA,

S.O. da SILVA, P. A. SIQUEIRA, B.R.B. dos SANTOS & D.E. de OLIVEIRA

32 ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES AND LEAF-LITTER ANT RICHNESS IN PERMANENT PROTECTION AREAS (PPAs) AND

LEGAL RESERVES (LRs) - R.P.S. ALMEIDA, R.S. SANTOS, Y.T. dos REIS & L. SOUSA-SOUTO

33 DOES LEAF-CUTTING ANT NESTS INFLUENCE THE SEEDLING RECRUITMENT IN THE CAATINGA VEGETATION? - C.M.

KNOECHELMANN, P.E. SANTOS NETO & I.R. LEAL

34 PLANT ONTOGENY AS A CONDITIONALITY FACTOR IN THE PROTECTIVE EFFECT OF ANTS ON A NEOTROPICAL

TREE - E.B.A. KOCH, F.C. CAMAROTA & H.L. VASCONCELOS

35 UNDERSTORY PALMS AS STABLE SUBSTRATE FOR ZOMBI ANTS INFECTED BY Ophiocordyceps FUNGUS - F.B. BACCARO,

G. FIGUEROA, D.V. TORRES & P. FINE

36 DO LEAF-CUTTING ANTS REPEL INDUCED DEFENSES FROM PLANTS OF Bauhinia cheilantha (BONG.) D.DIETR. AND

Dalbergia cearensis DUCKE IN NATURAL ENVIRONMENT? - M.S. NASCIMENTO, A.L.A. VINHAS, V.S. GOMES, F. CHAGAS &

M.M. CORREA

37 REFUSE DUMPS OF LEAF-CUTTING ANTS AND ITS ROLE ON ORGANIC PRODUCTION OF GREENERY - R.S. SANTOS,

R.P.S. ALMEIDA, M.B.B. GUERRA, B.G. AMBROGI, L. SOUSA-SOUTO

38 Azteca-Cecropia SYSTEM: DOES HERBIVORY AFFECT PLANT GROWTH BEFORE COLONIZATION BY ANTS? - G.Z. NEVES,

L E.B. SILVA, F.G. do CARMO, K.N. OLIVEIRA & R.I. CAMPOS

39 THE ASSOCIATION OF ANTS (HYMENOPTERA, FORMICIDAE) WITH THE APHID Toxoptera aurantii (BOYER DE

FONSCOLOMBE) IN DIFFERENT TYPES OF COCOA PLANTATIONS AT ILHÉUS, BAHIA, BRAZIL - T.E.D. MARQUES, J.M.

SILVA-FREITAS, A.F.R. CARMO, E.B.A KOCH, C.S.F. MARIANO & J.H.C. DELABIE

40 PATHOGENICITY OF Bacillus thuringiensis ISOLATES ON WORKERS OF Atta sexdens (Linnaeus, 1758) (HYMENOPTERA:

FORMICIDAE) - P.G. CHAGAS, J.C. COUCEIRO, C.G.S. MARINHO, F.H. VALICENTE, T.M.D. LUCIA & M.A.M. FADINI

41 ANT SPECIES DIVERSITY IN MOUNDS FIELDS OF CAATINGA - B. M. SANTOS, M.A.F. CARNEIRO, A.S. SANTOS, R.

ALMEIDA, I.C. NASCIMENTO & K.S. CARVALHO

42 THE RELATIONSHIP BEETWEEN ANTS (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) WITH AREAS IMPACTED BY HUMAN ACTIVITY ON

DIFFERENT LEVELS IN THE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MARANHÃO, CAMPUS BACANGA - P.P. da SILVA & A.A.L.

TEIXEIRA

43 LEAF-CUTTING ANTS CONTROL WITH ENCAPSULATED Trichoderma harzianum BAITS - D.J de SOUZA, D.G da SILVA, A.L.

JUNIOR, M.O.do NASCIMENTO & R.A. SARMENTO

44 HOST-PARASITOID RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN Acromyrmex LEAFCUTTER ANTS AND PHORID FLIES IN A Pinus taeda

PLANTATION IN ARGENTINA - A.C. GUILLADE, C.F. GOMILA & P.J. FOLGARAIT

45 FARMING SYSTEM IN MANAGEMENT OF LEAF CUTTER ANTS (Atta spp.) - FLORESTAPP - J.M. de A. ANDRADE & D.R.

PRETTO