COMMUNITY STRUCTURE OF HOUSE-INFESTING ANTS (HYMENOPTERA, FORMICIDAE)IN SOUTHERN BAHIA, BRAZIL

Authors
DELABIE JHC DONASCIMENTO IC PACHECO P CASIMIRO AB
Citation
Jhc. Delabie et al., COMMUNITY STRUCTURE OF HOUSE-INFESTING ANTS (HYMENOPTERA, FORMICIDAE)IN SOUTHERN BAHIA, BRAZIL, The Florida entomologist, 78(2), 1995, pp. 264-270
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
The Florida entomologist → ACNP
ISSN journal
00154040
Volume
78
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
264 - 270
Database
ISI
SICI code
0015-4040(1995)78:2<264:CSOHA(>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
The community structure of ants which infest houses in southern Bahia was studied. Of the 31 species collected, 8 are considered as characte ristic of human habitat, even though some of them are also found in ot her conditions, such as in regional agro-systems. Pheidole megacephala was the dominant species and showed a negative association with most other ants, while Tapinoma melanocephalum was almost always found with other ant species. The notable absence of the species L. humile in ou r tests may be due to the antagonistic effects of Ph. megacephala.