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| Autor(es): |
Mota, Luisa L.
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Machado, Patricia Avelino
;
Freitas, Andre Victor Lucci
;
Seraphim, Noemy
Número total de Autores: 4
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| Tipo de documento: | Artigo Científico |
| Fonte: | Neotropical Entomology; v. 54, n. 1, p. 15-pg., 2025-07-10. |
| Resumo | |
Annulata J. Hall is a recently described monotypic riodinid genus composed of a single myrmecophilous butterfly species, Annulata annulifera Godman, which occurs in bamboo forests in the Amazonian region. Here, we describe a new species of this genus, Annulata kaminskii Seraphim, Freitas & Mota sp. nov., from the southern Brazilian Amazonia, in addition to its life history and immature stages. This new species is aphytophagous and involved in a four-level trophic interaction with the bamboo plants it inhabits, scale insects whose honeydew and wax it feeds on, and two different, parabiotic ant species that tend to young and older larvae. This is the first case of a butterfly larva observed to offer, as rewards to tending ants, both a secretion produced by specific ant-organs (tentacle nectary organs) and an anal exudate that probably results from its liquid diet. Annulata kaminskiisp. nov. larvae present both tentacle nectary organs and vibratory papillae as ant-organs but anterior tentacle organs are absent. Furthermore, we provide a preliminary attempt at a phylogenetic hypothesis suggesting its systematic position within the Nymphidiini, as a member of the Lemoniadina subtribe (Nymphidiini: Riodininae), despite its lack of anterior tentacle organs. We further discuss the evolution of complex life-history traits in myrmecophilous butterflies in light of current published evidence. (AU) | |
| Processo FAPESP: | 12/50260-6 - Estruturação e evolução da biota amazônica e seu ambiente: uma abordagem integrativa |
| Beneficiário: | Lúcia Garcez Lohmann |
| Modalidade de apoio: | Auxílio à Pesquisa - Programa BIOTA - Temático |
| Processo FAPESP: | 21/03868-8 - Mecanismos evolutivos que determinam a diversidade e distribuição num hotspot tropical de biodiversidade |
| Beneficiário: | André Victor Lucci Freitas |
| Modalidade de apoio: | Auxílio à Pesquisa - Regular |
| Processo FAPESP: | 21/13396-6 - História biogeográfica e adaptativa da borboleta Heliconius erato nas florestas Neotropicais: entendendo o passado para preservar o futuro. |
| Beneficiário: | Patrícia Avelino Machado |
| Modalidade de apoio: | Bolsas no Brasil - Doutorado |
| Processo FAPESP: | 11/50225-3 - História natural, filogenia e conservação de lepidópteros neotropicais |
| Beneficiário: | André Victor Lucci Freitas |
| Modalidade de apoio: | Auxílio à Pesquisa - Programa BIOTA - Regular |