Revista Caatinga (Jan 2009)

AVALIAÇÃO PRELIMINAR DA MIRMECOFAUNA ASSOCIADA AO AGRONEGÓCIO FLORICULTURA COM Heliconia spp. (Heliconiaceae) NO ESTADO DE ALAGOAS, BRASIL

  • Flávia de Souza Born,
  • Sônia Maria Forti Broglio-Micheletti,
  • Iracilda Maria de Moura Lima,
  • Mário Jorge Cerqueira de Araújo,
  • Jacques Hubert Charles Delabie

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 22, no. 2
pp. 1 – 4

Abstract

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The objective of this research was to identify species of ants in plantations of Heliconia spp. in the state of Alagoas, Brazil. The fauna of Formicidae was sampled in Maceió and Rio Largo, State of Alagoas, Brazil. The samples were taken from three producing areas of tropical flowers from June 2003 to May 2004. We collected 289 specimens belonging to 12 species, distributed in five genera of four subfamilies. The most abundant genus was Camponotus, with five species. This is the first record of a survey of mirmecofauna in Heliconia plantations in the agrobusiness flowers.