New record of a very specialized interaction: myrcidris epicharis Ward 1990 (Pseudomyrmecinae) and its myrmecophyte host Myrcia madida McVaugh (Myrtaceae) in Brazilian Meridional Amazon

Acta Amazonica

Ricardo Eduardo Vicente²  Wesley Dáttilo¹  Thiago Junqueira Izzo¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Federal de Mato GrossoMato Grosso,Brazil

关键词: Ant-plant;    Mutualism;    Geographic distribution;    Amazon River basin;    Formiga-planta;    Mutualismo;    Distribuição geográfica;    Bacia do rio Amazonas;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0044-59672012000400016

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

In this study we present a new record of a plant-animal interaction: the mutualistic relationship between the specialist plant-ant Myrcidris epicharis Ward, 1990 (Pseudomyrmecinae) and its myrmecophyte host Myrcia madida McVaugh (Myrtaceae). We observed more than 50 individuals of M. madida occupied by M. epicharis in islands and margins of the Juruena River, in Cotriguaçu, Mato Grosso, Brazil (Meridional Amazon). We discuss a possible distribution of this symbiotic interaction throughout all the riparian forest of the Amazon River basin and its consequence to coevolution of the system.

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