Nesting biology and fungiculture of the fungus-growing ant, Mycetagroicus cerradensis: New light on the origin of higher attine agriculture

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Autor(es): dc.contributorSmithsonian Institution-
Autor(es): dc.contributorUniversidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU)-
Autor(es): dc.contributor1 University Station C0930-
Autor(es): dc.contributorUniversidade de São Paulo (USP)-
Autor(es): dc.contributorUniversity of Maryland-
Autor(es): dc.contributorMS 170-
Autor(es): dc.creatorSolomon, Scott E.-
Autor(es): dc.creatorLopes, Cauê T.-
Autor(es): dc.creatorMueller, Ulrich G.-
Autor(es): dc.creatorRodrigues, Andre-
Autor(es): dc.creatorSosa-Calvo, Jeffrey-
Autor(es): dc.creatorSchultz, Ted R.-
Autor(es): dc.creatorVasconcelos, Heraldo L.-
Data de aceite: dc.date.accessioned2025-08-21T15:43:44Z-
Data de disponibilização: dc.date.available2025-08-21T15:43:44Z-
Data de envio: dc.date.issued2022-04-29-
Data de envio: dc.date.issued2022-04-29-
Data de envio: dc.date.issued2011-01-01-
Fonte completa do material: dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1673/031.011.0112-
Fonte completa do material: dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/231257-
Fonte: dc.identifier.urihttp://educapes.capes.gov.br/handle/11449/231257-
Descrição: dc.descriptionThe genus Mycetagroicus is perhaps the least known of all fungus-growing ant genera, having been first described in 2001 from museum specimens. A recent molecular phylogenetic analysis of the fungus-growing ants demonstrated that Mycetagroicus is the sister to all higher attine ants (Trachymyrmex, Sericomyrmex, Acromyrmex, Pseudoatta, and Atta), making it of extreme importance for understanding the transition between lower and higher attine agriculture. Four nests of Mycetagroicus cerradensis near Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil were excavated, and fungus chambers for one were located at a depth of 3.5 meters. Based on its lack of gongylidia (hyphal-tip swellings typical of higher attine cultivars), and a phylogenetic analysis of the ITS rDNA gene region, M. cerradensis cultivates a lower attine fungus in Clade 2 of lower attine (G3) fungi. This finding refines a previous estimate for the origin of higher attine agriculture, an event that can now be dated at approximately 21-25 mya in the ancestor of extant species of Trachymyrmex and Sericomyrmex.-
Descrição: dc.descriptionDepartment of Entomology National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution, POB 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012-
Descrição: dc.descriptionInstitute of Biology Federal University of Uberlândia (UFU), C.P. 593, Uberlândia, MG, 38400-902-
Descrição: dc.descriptionSection of Integrative Biology University of Texas at Austin 1 University Station C0930, Austin, TX 78712-
Descrição: dc.descriptionCenter for the Study of Social Insects (CEIS) State University of São Paulo, Av. 24-A 1515, Rio Claro, SP, 13506- 900-
Descrição: dc.descriptionMaryland Center for Systematic Entomology Department of Entomology University of Maryland, Building, College Park, MD 20742-
Descrição: dc.descriptionDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Rice University MS 170, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005-
Idioma: dc.languageen-
Relação: dc.relationJournal of Insect Science-
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Palavras-chave: dc.subjectAttini-
Palavras-chave: dc.subjectCerrado-
Palavras-chave: dc.subjectevolutionary transitions-
Palavras-chave: dc.subjectLeucocoprinus-
Palavras-chave: dc.subjectmolecular systematics-
Palavras-chave: dc.subjectnest architecture-
Título: dc.titleNesting biology and fungiculture of the fungus-growing ant, Mycetagroicus cerradensis: New light on the origin of higher attine agriculture-
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