ORAL PRESENTATION
Day 24 (Tuesday)
Formicidae Room
14:40h - 14:55h
A. N. Andersen, B. D. Hoffmann & S. Oberprieler - Megadiversity and biogeography of a regional ant fauna of the Australian seasonal tropics.
(English)
14:55h - 15:10h
P. E. Hanisch, P. D. Lavinia, A. V. Suarez, D. A. Litmajer, M. Leponce, C. I. Paris & P. L. Tubaro - DNA barcoding and ecological surveys of the ants of southern Atlantic Forest: looking at the tip of the iceberg in a biodiversity hotspot.
(English)
15:10h - 15:25h
R. S. Probst, M. G. Branstetter & J. T. Longino - Tracing the evolution of ant-plant associations in the ant genus Myrmelachista using UCE phylogenomics.
(English)
15:25h -15:40h
F. Hita Garcia, N. R. Friedman & E. P. Economo - Evolution of phylogenetic and morphological hyperdiversity in the genus Tetramorium revealed through next-generation sequencing, micro-CT, and geometric morphometrics.
(English)
Myrmicinae Room
14:40h - 14:55h
R. G. Pol & L. Marone - Responses of harvester ants to habitat degradation in the Monte Desert, Argentina.
(English)
14:55h - 15:10h
W. Dröse, L. R. Podgaiski, M.S. Mendonça Jr., J. Hermann, S. T. Meyer, M. M. Gossner, J. Kollmann & W. W. Weisser - Effects of land-use type on myrmecofauna: a broad view from highland grasslands in southern Brazil.
(English)
15:10h - 15:25h
L. F. P. Salles, A. V. Christianini & P. S. Oliveira - No edge effects on epigaeic ants in Cerrado.
(English)
15:25h -15:40h
F. V. Costa, N. Blüthgen, A. B. Viana-Junior, T. J. Guerra, L. di Spirito Braga & F. S. Neves - Resilience to fire and temperature drive ant-plant interactions dynamics in a mountaintop ecosystem.
(English)
Ponerinae Room
14:40h - 14:55h
C. V. C. Silva, C. S. Goldas, W. Dáttilo, W. Dröse, M. de S. Mendonça Jr. & L. R. Podgaiski - Fire effects on individual-based ant-plant interaction networks in south brazilian grasslands.
(Portuguese)
14:55h - 15:10h
W. Dátillo, E. J. Corro, D. A. Ahuatzin-Flores, A. Aguirre, M. E. Favila, M. C. Ribeiro & J. C. López - Habitat loss and fragmentation at different spatial scales_a perspective of ant-plant interaction networks from a tropical rainforest.
(Portuguese)
15:10h - 15:25h
R. C. Pereira, J. O. L. Vieira Júnior, P. H. N. Abib, W. G. de Souza, L. S. Peçanha, A. M. M. Viana-Bailez & O. Bailez - Host-size preference of the phorid parasitoid Eibesfeldtphora tonhascai on the leaf-cutting ants Atta sexdens.
(Portuguese)
15:25h -15:40h
H. P. Lima, M. L. Silva, A. L. Henriques, R. L. C. Lima - The mine map: the sing bird role to find an army ant swarm.
(Portuguese)
Ectatomminae Room
14:40h - 14:55h
T. C. P. Arenhardt, R. T. Marquardt & M. D. Vitorino - Use of ingredient active imidacloprid to prevent the attack of Acromyrmex spp. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Pinus taeda plantations in south Brazil.
(English)
14:55h - 15:10h
E. O. Cañedo-Junior, A. L. Tavares, M. A. Angotti, G. S. Santiago, C. R. Ribas - Ant diversity in vegetable gardens: the perception of the families from the traditional communities.
(Portuguese)
15:10h - 15:25h
J. Cerqueira , J. J. Sanches, W. L. Paiva, A. Santos, P. Braga & R. Zanetti - Effect of the leaf-cutting ants on the dendrometric variables of Eucalyptus in the Cerrado region.
(Portuguese)
15:25h -15:40h
R. J. Santos, E. B. A. Koch & J.H.C. Delabie - Wasmannia auropunctata (Roger) (Formicidae: Myrmicinae) as a potential bioindicator of landscape quality.
(Portuguese)
Day 25 (Wednesday)
Formicidae Room
14:40h - 14:55h
L. Zuanon & H. Vasconcelos - Niche partitioning and thermal tolerance of arboreal ants in a neotropical savanna.
(English)
14:55h - 15:10h
J. Vieira & H. L. Vasconcelos - How different is the trophic structure of arboreal and ground-dwelling ant communities from forest and savanna habitats?
(English)
15:10h - 15:25h
S. F. Sendoya, A. Nogueira, R. M. Feitosa, P. S. Oliveira - Effects of food sources and nesting space availability on community structure of Cerrado arboreal ants.
(English)
15:25h -15:40h
J. B. Maravalhas & H. L. Vasconcelos - Drivers of ant beta diversity in a Neotropical savanna: comparison between strata and spatial scales.
(English)
Myrmicinae Room
14:40h - 14:55h
J. D. Rana & S. Powell - Hidden diversity in Cephalotes maculatus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): molecular evidence hints at a cryptic species complex.
(English)
14:55h - 15:10h
I. O. Fernandes, F. J. Larabee, J. H. C. Delabie, M. L. Oliveira & T. R. Schultz - A global phylogenetic analysis of Anochetus Mayr and Odontomachus Latreille (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae).
(English)
15:10h - 15:25h
J. Sosa-Calvo, T. R. Schultz & C. Rabeling - Species delimitation in the fungus-farming at genera Cyphomyrmex and Mycetophylax and their fungal cultivars: a phylogenomic test of the evolution of symbiont fidelity.
(English)
15:25h -15:40h
A. M. Oliveira & R. M. Feitosa - Taxonomic review of the genus Probolomyrmex Mayr, 1901 (Formicidae: Proceratiinae) for the Neotropical region.
(English)
Ponerinae Room
14:40h - 14:55h
L. E. P. Stefanelli, L. C. Forti, K. K. A. Sousa, G. C. Catalani, R. M. Watanabe & R. V. Travaglini - Estimative of the quantity of material transported by ants using a photoeletric machine.
(Portuguese)
14:55h - 15:10h
I. G. Frossard, A. H. Santos, K. R. Amaral, K. R. Bautz, E. A. Pereira, N. Châline & R. S. Ferreira-Châline - What happens outside the nest? Effects of nest distance territoriality and context on the modulation of Neoponera verenae forager behaviour during intercolonial encounters in the field.
(Portuguese)
15:10h - 15:25h
L. Chifflet, L. A. Calcaterra & V. A. Confalonieri - New insights into the evolution of clonality and its implications on southern range expansion in native populations of the little fire ant.
(Spanish)
15:25h -15:40h
M. K. Lima, G. B. Martins Segundo & Y. Quinet - Production of mosaic phenotypes (soldiers) in Crematogaster (Orthocrema) pygmaea (Formicidae: Myrmicinae): a queen controlled process?
(Portuguese)
Ectatomminae Room
14:40h - 14:55h
C .I. Paris, M. N. Inoue, A. Rickert & R. G. Pol - The untold story of Linepithema humile invasion.
(English)
14:55h - 15:10h
F. B. Rosumek, N. Blüthgen, M. Heethoff - Wasmannia auropunctata (Roger, 1863) in forests of southern Brazil: from destroyers of worlds to little feces-eater?
(English)
15:10h - 15:25h
M. A. Nickele, W. Reis Filho, S. R. C. Penteado & E. C. Queiroz - Population dynamics of Acromyrmex crassispinus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and attacks on Eucalyptus urograndis plantations in southern Brazil.
(Portuguese)
15:25h -15:40h
A. B. S. Oliveira & F. A. Schimdt - Ant assemblages in Brazil nut trees in southwestern brazilian Amazon.
(English)
Day 26 (Thursday)
Formicidae Room
14:40h - 14:55h
M. Azevedo-Silva, G. M. Mori, C. S. Carvalho, M. C. Côrtes, A. P. Souza & P. S. Oliveira - Different strategies for similar outcomes: a comparative study of the breeding systems of two carpenter ants from the brazilian savanna.
(English)
14:55h - 15:10h
G. M. Mori, M. Azevedo-Silva, Y. Matsuki, Y. Suyama, A. P. Souza & P. S. Oliveira - Using a new single nucleotide polymorphism-based tool to infer the distribution of ant population genetic diversity.
(English)
15:10h - 15:25h
F. J. Larabee, S. Powell & T. R. Schultz - Morphometrics and functional morphology of fungus-growing ants.
(English)
15:25h -15:40h
C. Peretz & S. Powell - The relationship between evolution of setae and thermal tolerance in the turtle ants (Cephalotes).
(English)
Myrmicinae Room
14:40h - 14:55h
R. Honório, N. Châline & S. Chameron - Pre-existing differences in fertility signals give workers the upper hand in reproductive hierarchies of Neoponera apicalis (Latreille, 1802) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
(English)
14:55h - 15:10h
D. Römer, M. Bollazzi & F. Roces - Carbon dioxide sensing in leaf-cutting ants: CO2 preferences for tasks within their underground nests.
(English)
15:10h - 15:25h
F. M. Neves, M. E. Borges & M. R. Pie - Behavioral networks and division of labor in Odontomachus chelifer (Latreille, 1802): networks based on worker-behavior and behavior-behavior.
(English)
15:25h -15:40h
P. S. M. Jr. Pacheco & K. Del-Claro - Spatio-temporal variation and division of labor in Pseudomyrmex concolor Smith (Formicidae: Pseudomyrmecinae).
(Portuguese)
Ponerinae Room
14:40h - 14:55h
L. L. Silva, I. R. Leal & X. Arnan - Morphological adaptations of Dinoponera quadriceps Santschi (Formicidae: Ponerinae) workers along human disturbance and rainfall gradients in the brazilian Caatinga.
(Portuguese)
14:55h - 15:10h
K. Bombi-Haedo & L. R. R. Faria - Converse Bergmann's rule in a Neotropical clade of ponerine ants.
(Spanish)
15:10h - 15:25h
C. J. Lasmar, C. R. Ribas, F. A. Schmidt, A. Reis, A. C. M. Queiroz & M. A. Oliveira - Ant niche overlap patterns in a super diverse Amazon rainforest.
(Portuguese)
15:25h -15:40h
E. B. A. Koch, W. Dáttilo, F. C. Camarota & H. L. Vasconcelos - Does the variation in ant-plant networks scale result in structural and functional changes?
(Portuguese)
Ectatomminae Room
14:40h - 14:55h
P. Luna, W. Dátillo, Y. Peñaloza-Arellanes, A. L. Castillo-Meza & J. H. García-Chávez - Beta diversity of species interactions: assessing dissimilarities of ant-plant networks over time and plant associations.
(Spanish)
14:55h - 15:10h
L. N. Paolucci, L. C. Leal, C. Oliveira-Santos, P. M. Brando & A. N. Andersen - Myrmechocory in the Amazon: resilience to single fires and cumulative impacts of recurrent fires.
(English)
15:10h - 15:25h
P. A. Sanz-Veiga, L. R. Jorge, S. Benitez-Vieyra & F. W. Amorim - Pericarpal nectary-visiting ants do not provide fruit protection against pre-dispersal seed predators regardless of ant species composition and resource availability.
(English)
15:25h -15:40h
M. Belchior, F. Camarota & F. Neves - Does Psiittacanthus robustus (Loranthaceae) attracts trophobiont insects and ants on its host Vochysia thyrsoidea (Vochysiaceae)?
(English)
Day 27 (Friday)
Formicidae Room
14:40h - 14:55h
J. Billen, M. S. Al-Khalifa & R. R. Silva - Pretarsus structure in relation to climbing ability in the ants Brachyponera sennaarensis and Daceton armigerum.
(English)
14:55h - 15:10h
M. U. V. Ronque, R. S. M. Feitosa & P. S. Oliveira - Field biology of fungus-farming ants in Atlantic Rainforest: activity rhythm, home ranges and culturing material.
(English)
15:10h - 15:25h
J. Ibarra-Isassi, P. S. Oliveira - Ant-treehopper associations indirectly affect the reproduction of a shrub in the Cerrado savanna.
(English)
15:25h -15:40h
A. Aranda-Rickert, N. Yela & B. Marazzi - Extrafloral nectar-mediated interactions along an elevational gradient in semiarid northwest Argentina.
(English)
Myrmicinae Room
14:40h - 14:55h
M. F. Souza; R. E. Vicente & T. J. Izzo - Body size-restricted effect of the aggressive ant-garden habitants, C. levior and C. femoratus, on the ants visiting EFN in Brazilian Amazon.
(English)
14:55h - 15:10h
K. Neves, M. R. Moura, J. Maravalhas, R. Pacheco, M. R. Pie, T. R. Schultz & H. L. Vasconcelos - Functional and phylogenetic diversity of Pheidole ant assemblages in a biodiversity hotspot.
(English)
15:10h - 15:25h
J. L. P. Souza & F. B. Baccaro - Looking back through 100 years to assess the stability of genus as surrogates of ant species.
(English)
15:25h -15:40h
H. S. C. Brant, F. S. Castro, L. N. Perillo, R. R. C. Solar & F. S. Neves - Ant community of mountainous forest islands surrounded by Campos Rupestres.
(English)
Ponerinae Room
14:40h - 14:55h
A. M. Rabello, A. C. M. Queiroz, C. R. Ribas, D. L. Braga & G. S. Santiago - Ant guilds response to agroecosystems impacts in a gradient of Cerrado tree cover.
(Portuguese)
14:55h - 15:10h
M. A. Angotti, C. R. Ribas & E. O. Cañedo-Júnior - Does canopy openness affect seed removal by ants in forest fragments?
(Portuguese)
15:10h - 15:25h
I. L. H. Silva, I. R. Leal, J. D. Ribeiro-Neto & X. Arnan - The effects of chronic anthropogenic disturbance on Caatinga ant communities: spatio-temporal dynamics and the role of behavioral plasticity as adaptation to environmental change.
(Portuguese)
15:25h -15:40h
J. S. Carneiro, C. S. Silva & E. N. Silva - Ant community monitoring after fire, in the Chapada Diamantina National Park: an experimental approach.
(Portuguese)
Ectatomminae Room
14:40h - 14:55h
T. T. P. Pereira, A. C. C. C. Dos Reis, D. C. Cardoso & M. P. Cristiano - Chromosomal localization of telomere sequence repeats on the karyotype of Acromyrmex striatus (Roger, 1863): evidence for the ancestral karyotype of leafcutter-ants.
(Portuguese)
14:55h - 15:10h
M. Ferro, S. Tarazona, A. Conesa & M. Bacci - Phylogenetic signals in gene expression in Attina ants.
(Portuguese)
15:10h - 15:25h
M. N. Moura, D. C. Cardoso & M. P. Cristiano - Genome size in ants: retrospect and prospect.
(Portuguese)
15:25h -15:40h
C. S. F. Mariano, E. O. Rios, E. S. Araujo & J. H. C. Delabie - Front-to-back bilaterality and viability of sexual mosaics in Myrmicinae (Formicidae).
(Portuguese)