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- Title
Cytogenetic data for sixteen ant species from North-eastern Amazonia with phylogenetic insights into three subfamilies.
- Authors
de Aguiar, Hilton Jeferson Alves Cardoso; Barros, Luísa Antônia Campos; Silveira, Linda Inês; Petitclerc, Frédéric; Etienne, Sandrine; Orivel, Jérôme
- Abstract
Ants play essential roles in most terrestrial ecosystems and may be considered pests for agriculture and agroforestry. Recent morphological and molecular data have challenged conventional ant phylogeny and the interpretation of karyotypic variations. Existing Neotropical ant cytogenetic data focus on Atlantic rainforest species, and provide evolutionary and taxonomic insight. However, there are data for only 18 Amazonian species. In this study, we describe the karyotypes of 16 ant species belonging to 12 genera and three subfamilies, collected in the Brazilian state of Amapá, and in French Guiana. The karyotypes of six species are described for the first time, including that of the South American genus Allomerus Mayr, 1878. The karyotype of Crematogaster Lund, 1831 is also described for the first time for the New World. For other species, extant data for geographically distinct populations was compared with our own data, e.g. for the leafcutter ants Acromyrmex balzani (Emery, 1890) and Atta sexdens (Linnaeus, 1758). The information obtained for the karyotype of Dolichoderus imitator Emery, 1894 differs from extant data from the Atlantic forest, thereby highlighting the importance of population cytogenetic approaches. This study also emphasizes the need for good chromosome preparations for studying karyotype structure.
- Subjects
FRENCH Guiana; LEAF-cutting ants; ANTS; SPECIES; KARYOTYPES; MUTUALISM (Biology)
- Publication
Comparative Cytogenetics, 2020, Vol 14, Issue 1, p43
- ISSN
1993-0771
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3897/CompCytogen.v14i1.46692