Ants are ecologically dominant and have been used as valuable bio-indicators of
environmental change or disturbance being used in monitoring inventories. However, the …

The external morphology of immature stages of Zaretis strigosus (Gmelin,[1790]) and
Siderone galanthis catarina Dottax and Pierre, 2009 comb. nov. from southern Brazil are …

Ant-garden ants have a strong relationship with epiphytes that need light to grow, for these
reason, it has been previously documented in forest gaps. Moreover, larger gaps have more …

Strumigenys fairchildi Brown, 1961 is recorded for the first time in Brazil. This ant species
was previously known only from a few specimens collected in Costa Rica, Panama and …

We report new records of Gnamptogenys caelata Kempf (1967) and Gnamptogenys minuta
from Brazil. We also describe Gnamptogenys piei n. sp. from Southeast Brazil. This …

Although they occupy the most varied habitats from the soil to the forest canopy and are
involved in several ecological processes, little is known about the biology and distribution of …

Uma notável interação mutualística entre formigas e plantas encontrada em florestas
tropicais é conhecida como Jardins-de-formigas (JFs). A associação entre Camponotus …