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Comportements de communication de la cochenille néotropicale Neochavesia caldasiae (Balachowsky 1957) (Pseudococcidae: Rhizoecinae) avec sa fourmi symbiote Acropyga fuhrmanni (Forel 1914) (Formicidae: Formicinae)

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Pages 471-475 | Accepted 29 May 2008, Published online: 31 May 2013
 

Abstract

Nous présentons différents éléments du comportement de communication du Pseudococcidae Rhizoecinae Neochavesia caldasiae avec sa fourmi-hôte Acropyga fuhrmanni, insectes qui vivent en symbiose dans la rhizosphère des cacaoyers de Bahia, Brésil. La cochenille utilise ses antennes comme organes de communication afin de recruter la fourmi pour être transportée à l’abri ou dans une autre galerie du nid. Nous décrivons aussi la «gifle d’apaisement» donnée par la cochenille à la fourmi au moyen de son extrémité abdominale quand elle est bousculée par cette dernière, afin de la maintenir à l’écart de sa position assurée sur la racine.

Abstract

Communication behaviors of the Neotropical mealybug Neochavesia caldasiae (Balachowsky 1957) (Pseudococcidae: Rhizoecinae) with its symbiotic ant Acropyga fuhrmanni (Forel 1914) (Formicidae: Formicinae) We present several elements of the communication behavior of Neochavesia caldasiae (Pseudococcidae, Rhizoecinae) with its host ant Acropyga fuhrmanni. These insects live in symbiosis on the cocoa tree roots at Bahia, Brazil. The mealybug antennae are used as a communication organ between the two organisms, aiming to recruit the ant to be sheltered or carried to another gallery of the nest. We describe the “appeasement boxing”: the mealybug boxes the ant with its abdominal apex when it is hustled by the ant, aiming this one far from its safe place on the root.

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