2003
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Sébastien Lacau et al., « Notes sur une remarquable xénobiose entre les Fourmis néotropicales Strumigenys saliens Mayr, 1887, et Solenopsis (Diplorhoptrum) sp. (Hym., Formicidae, Myrmicinae) », Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France, ID : 10.3406/bsef.2003.16940
Notes on a remarkable xenobiose between the Neotropical ants Strumigenys saliens Mayr, 1887 and Solenopsis (Diplorhoptrum) sp. (Hym., Formicidae, Myrmicinae). We report hereafter the occurrence in Brazil of a remarkable xenobiotic association between two species of Myrmicinae of different genera : Strumigenys saliens Mayr, 1 887 (Dacetini tribe) and its guest Solenopsis (Diplorhoptrum) sp. (Solenopsidini tribe). Due to the very particular behaviour observed in S. saliens, the existence of a chemical mimicry is probable, which makes this ant a possible social parasite of Solenopsis (Diplorhoptrum) sp. This association is original for the Strumigenys genus, where it is only known few cases of homogeneric inquilinism.