A STINGLESS SEE NESTING INSIDE ANT-GARDENS IN FRENCH-GUIANA (HYMENOPTERA, APIDAE)

Authors
CORBARA B DEJEAN A
Citation
B. Corbara et A. Dejean, A STINGLESS SEE NESTING INSIDE ANT-GARDENS IN FRENCH-GUIANA (HYMENOPTERA, APIDAE), Sociobiology, 32(3), 1998, pp. 489-492
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
Sociobiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
03616525
Volume
32
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
489 - 492
Database
ISI
SICI code
0361-6525(1998)32:3<489:ASSNIA>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
During an inventory conducted in French Guiana, 756 ant-gardens (AGs) were inspected. For eight AGs, in the lower part corresponding to the dense root complex including the ants' nest, we found a nest of the my rmecophilous stingless bee Paratrigona pannosa. The concerned AGs, tha t consist of fairly durable and protected sites,were all inhabited by one of the two species of Ponerine ants Pachycondyla goeldii and Odont omachus mayi.