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Allomerus Maietae
''Allomerus'' is a Neotropical genus of small ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. Its eight species are known from the forests of South America, where they live in plant cavities and structures. Species *'' Allomerus brevipilosus'' Fernández, 2007 *'' Allomerus decemarticulatus'' Mayr, 1878 *'' Allomerus dentatus'' Fernández, 2007 *'' Allomerus maietae'' Fernández, 2007 *'' Allomerus octoarticulatus'' Mayr, 1878 *'' Allomerus septemarticulatus'' Mayr, 1878 *'' Allomerus undecemarticulatus'' Fernández, 2007 *'' Allomerus vogeli'' Kempf, 1975 Associated plants Table of known ant–host A host is a person responsible for guests at an event or for providing hospitality during it. Host may also refer to: Places * Host, Pennsylvania, a village in Berks County People *Jim Host (born 1937), American businessman * Michel Host ... relations: References External links * Myrmicinae Ant genera Hymenoptera of South America {{myrmicinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allomerus Decemarticulatus
''Allomerus decemarticulatus'' is an Amazonian ant species found in the tropics of South America. This species is most notable for the workers’ complex and extreme predatory behavior, which involves a symbiosis with both a plant and fungal species. They live in leaf pockets of a host plant species, '' Hirtella physophora''. These leaf pockets are areas inside of the plant between the leaves and the stem. Each colony, which consists of about 1,200 workers, inhabits a single tree; however, the ants are spread among the leaf pockets, with typically 40 workers per pocket. Their diet primarily consists of large insects that are captured on the plant, but they also eat some kinds of food bodies produced by the plant as well as its nectar. They are able to capture their prey, which is much larger than themselves, by constructing a platform that acts as a trap for the unsuspecting prey. The ants hide in the trap and attack when any insect lands on it. This technique is an example ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gleasonia Nauensis
''Gleasonia'' is a genus of plants in the Rubiaceae. There are at the present time (May 2014) five accepted species, all native to South America. *'' Gleasonia cururuensis'' Egler - Brazil *'' Gleasonia duidana'' Standl. - Brazil, Venezuela, Guyana **''Gleasonia duidana'' var. ''duidana'' - Brazil, Venezuela **''Gleasonia duidana'' var. ''latifolia'' Steyerm. - Brazil, Venezuela, Guyana *'' Gleasonia macrocalyx'' Ducke - Brazil *'' Gleasonia prancei'' B.M.Boom - Brazil *'' Gleasonia uaupensis'' Ducke - Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ... References Rubiaceae genera Henriquezieae {{Ixoroideae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AntWeb
AntWeb is the leading online database on ants: storing specimens images and records, and natural history information, and documenting over 490,000 specimens across over 35,000 taxa In biology, a taxon (back-formation from ''taxonomy''; plural taxa) is a group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms seen by taxonomists to form a unit. Although neither is required, a taxon is usually known by a particular nam ... of ants in its open source and community driven repository . It was set up by Brian L. Fisher in 2002, and cost US$30,000 dollars to build. References External links Website Entomological databases Myrmecology {{Database-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tococa Pachystachya
''Tococa'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae Melastomataceae is a family of dicotyledonous flowering plants found mostly in the tropics (two-thirds of the genera are from the New World tropics) comprising c. 175 genera and c. 5115 known species. Melastomes are annual or perennial herbs, sh .... Its native range is America. List of species: * '' Tococa aristata'' Benth. * '' Tococa bolivarensis'' Gleason References {{Taxonbar, from=Q6389417 Melastomataceae Melastomataceae genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myrmidone Macrosperma
In Greek mythology, the name Myrmidone may refer to: *Myrmidone, one of the Danaïdes, who married and killed Mineus, a son of Aegyptus. *Myrmidone of Lemnos, who killed Hypsipyle's two half-brothers, Cydon and Crenaeus, and Hypsipyle's fiancé Gyas on the night the Lemnian men were massacred by their women.Statius, ''Thebaid'' 5.219–224 Notes References * Gaius Julius Hyginus, ''Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus'' translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic StudiesOnline version at the Topos Text Project.* Publius Papinius Statius Publius Papinius Statius (Greek: Πόπλιος Παπίνιος Στάτιος; ; ) was a Greco-Roman poet of the 1st century CE. His surviving Latin poetry includes an epic in twelve books, the ''Thebaid''; a collection of occasional poetry, ...'', The Thebaid'' translated by John Henry Mozley. Loeb Classical Library Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duroia Saccifera
''Duroia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is found from Costa Rica to tropical South America. Ecology A number of ''Duroia'' species, and possibly all, are capable of biochemical interactions inhibiting the growth of neighbouring plants. Analysis of root extracts from ''Duroia hirsuta'' have yielded a strong plant growth inhibitor plumericin, a tetracyclic iridoid lactone. This process, common amongst plants, is termed allelopathy. In the case of ''Duroia hirsuta'', the chemical inhibitor is aided by the leafcutter ant ''Myrmelachista schumanni'' resident on and in the tree, and playing an active role in suppressing and destroying plant growth in the vicinity of their host by injecting and spraying formic acid. The area around the understory species ''Duroia hirsuta'' is often devoid of all other plant types, leading to the local name 'Devil's garden'. The cost to the host plant for this protection is considerable, since the resident ants subjec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Remijia Physophora
''Remijia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. Within the family, it is a member of the subfamily Cinchonoideae and the tribe Cinchoneae. There are about 36 species in ''Remijia''. They are native to Peru and Brazil. Some of the species have hollow stems that harbor ants.David J. Mabberley. 2008. ''Mabberley's Plant-Book'' third edition (2008). Cambridge University Press: UK. The bark of ''Remijia'' contains 0.5%–2% of quinine, a chemical substance often used as a medicinal drug and flavour additive in tonic water. It is cheaper than the bark of ''Cinchona'', another source of quinine. Because of its intense flavor, the bark of ''Remijia'' is used in making tonic water.Henry Hobhouse (2004) ''Šest rostlin, které změnily svět''. Academia, Akademie věd České republiky, Praha, , page 59. in Czech No type species has ever been designated for ''Remijia''. In 2005, two species were transferred from ''Remijia'' to a new genus, ''Ciliosemina''. Species T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maieta Neblinensis
''Maieta'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae Melastomataceae is a family of dicotyledonous flowering plants found mostly in the tropics (two-thirds of the genera are from the New World tropics) comprising c. 175 genera and c. 5115 known species. Melastomes are annual or perennial herbs, sh .... Its native range is Southern Tropical America. Species: *'' Maieta neblinensis'' *'' Maieta poeppigii'' References {{Taxonbar, from=Q6392756 Melastomataceae Melastomataceae genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tococa Hirta
''Tococa'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae Melastomataceae is a family of dicotyledonous flowering plants found mostly in the tropics (two-thirds of the genera are from the New World tropics) comprising c. 175 genera and c. 5115 known species. Melastomes are annual or perennial herbs, sh .... Its native range is America. List of species: * '' Tococa aristata'' Benth. * '' Tococa bolivarensis'' Gleason References {{Taxonbar, from=Q6389417 Melastomataceae Melastomataceae genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tococa
''Tococa'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae Melastomataceae is a family of dicotyledonous flowering plants found mostly in the tropics (two-thirds of the genera are from the New World tropics) comprising c. 175 genera and c. 5115 known species. Melastomes are annual or perennial herbs, sh .... Its native range is America. List of species: * '' Tococa aristata'' Benth. * '' Tococa bolivarensis'' Gleason References {{Taxonbar, from=Q6389417 Melastomataceae Melastomataceae genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hirtella Physophora
''Hirtella physophora'' is a species of plant in the family Chrysobalanaceae Chrysobalanaceae is a family of flowering plants, consisting of trees and shrubs in 27 genera and about 700 species of pantropical distribution with a centre of diversity in the Amazon. Some of the species contain silica in their bodies for ri .... It forms an association with the ant species, '' Allomerus decemarticulatus''. The ants live in honeycombed cylinders they attach to the plant's stems. The plant nearly always has these ants associated with it. References physophora {{Malpighiales-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hirtella
''Hirtella'' is a genus of 110 species of woody trees in family Chrysobalanaceae. It was first described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753. ''Hirtella'' naturally occurs in tropical forests throughout Latin America, the West Indies, southeast Africa, and Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa .... The flowers are mainly pollinated by butterflies. Species List of accepted species according to Kew: References Chrysobalanaceae genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Malpighiales-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
