INTEGRATION OF SCALE INSECTS (HEMIPTERA: COCCIDAE) IN THE SOUTH-EAST ASIAN ANT-PLANT (CREMATOGASTER (FORMICIDAE)- MACARANGA (EUPHORBIACEAE)) SYSTEM.

Autori

  • H.P. Heckroth Johann-Wolfgang Goethe-Universitaet, Siesmayerstrasse 70, 60054 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
  • B. Fiala Theodor-Boveri- Biozentrum, Am Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany.
  • U. Maschwitz Johann-Wolfgang Goethe-Universitaet, Siesmayerstrasse 70, 60054 Frankfurt am Main, Germany

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15162/0425-1016/848

Abstract

INTEGRATION OF SCALE INSECTS (HEMIPTERA: COCCIDAE) IN THE SOUTH-EAST ASIAN ANT-PLANT

(CREMATOGASTER (FORMICIDAE)-MACARANGA (EUPHORBIACEAE)) SYSTEM.

The coccid colonisers of myrmecophytic Macaranga were tested for their trophic integration into the mutualistic Crematogaster-Macaranga ant-plant system. Honeydew secretion by these mostly endophytic scale insects was observed in Coccus caviramicolus Morrison, C. penangensis Morrison, C. secretus Morrison, C. tumuliferus Morrison, C. tumuliferus var. C.84 and in two other Macaranga coccid species. However, the use of coccids as protein-rich food by ants under normal and starvation conditions was not observed.

Key words: trophobiosis, ant nutrition, Myzolecaniinae, survival, dumping areas, C. macarangae, food-bodies, Pseudococcidae, Malaysia, Macaranga bancana, M. hypoleuca, M. hullettii, M. winkleri, M. triloba.

Biografie autore

H.P. Heckroth, Johann-Wolfgang Goethe-Universitaet, Siesmayerstrasse 70, 60054 Frankfurt am Main, Germany

AK Ethooekologie, Zoologisches Institut

Ricercatore

B. Fiala, Theodor-Boveri- Biozentrum, Am Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany.

Institut, Zoologie III

Ricercatore

U. Maschwitz, Johann-Wolfgang Goethe-Universitaet, Siesmayerstrasse 70, 60054 Frankfurt am Main, Germany

AK Ethooekologie, Zoologisches Institut

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2016-12-15

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V. 33 (1999)

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