Morphological Studies on the Mature Worker Larvae of Paratrechina fulva (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

Autor(es):	Paterson Fox, Eduardo Goncalves ^[1] ; Solis, Daniel Russ ^[1] ; Rossi, Monica Lanzoni ^[2] ; Bueno, Odair Correa ^[1] Número total de Autores: 4
Afiliação do(s) autor(es):	^[1] Sao Paulo State Univ, UNESP, Inst Biociencias, Ctr Estudos Insetos Sociais, Sao Paulo - Brazil ^[2] Univ Sao Paulo, Ctr Energia Nucl Agr, Lab Histopatol & Biol Estrutural Plantas, Sao Paulo - Brazil Número total de Afiliações: 2
Tipo de documento:	Artigo Científico
Fonte:	Sociobiology; v. 55, n. 3, p. 795-803, 2010.
Citações Web of Science:	0
Resumo
The ant Paratrechina fulva is native to Brazil, but has spread to other countries where it has become a serious pest. Their larvae are known from a preliminary description made without the aid of scanning electron microscopy. The present investigation aimed at describing the mature worker larvae of this species in deeper detail, while identifying useful morphological characters for taxonomy and cladistics. General morphological traits typical of Paratrechina larvae described so far were also confirmed with this species, particularly regarding body shape, types of hairs, and distribution pattern of head sensilla, but P fulva presented unusually shaped mandibles. (AU)

Processo FAPESP:	06/02115-6 - Levantamento dos componentes bioquímicos do veneno de Solenopsis saevissima (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Beneficiário:	Eduardo Gonçalves Paterson Fox
Modalidade de apoio:	Bolsas no Brasil - Doutorado