Novel nesting of ants in bee cocoons in empty shells of terrestrial gastropods

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00379271.2025.2566112" target="_blank" >https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00379271.2025.2566112</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00379271.2025.2566112" target="_blank" >10.1080/00379271.2025.2566112</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Novel nesting of ants in bee cocoons in empty shells of terrestrial gastropods

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Several species of ants were reported to place their nests inside empty shells of larger terrestrial gastropods. The structure of their nests was never studied in detail. We recorded 14 species of ants nesting in empty shells of terrestrial gastropods in various habitats of the Czech Republic, of which especially small species of the genus Temnothorax were the most numerous. In steppic habitats, nests of Temnothorax unifasciatus were placed inside the cocoons of the shell-nesting solitary bee Osmia bicolor in several cases. This bee is a specialist for nesting inside empty shells and is locally common and numerous in steppic habitats in Central Europe. In two nests, remnants of a dead bee were found inside the cocoon, together with the colony of T. unifasciatus. The adult of O. bicolor probably died inside the nest and was partly eaten by the ants suggesting a scavenging behaviour. This finding is unique and interesting, brings new insight to the biology of ants and a challenge for further studies on ants nesting in empty shells of gastropods.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Novel nesting of ants in bee cocoons in empty shells of terrestrial gastropods

Popis výsledku anglicky

Several species of ants were reported to place their nests inside empty shells of larger terrestrial gastropods. The structure of their nests was never studied in detail. We recorded 14 species of ants nesting in empty shells of terrestrial gastropods in various habitats of the Czech Republic, of which especially small species of the genus Temnothorax were the most numerous. In steppic habitats, nests of Temnothorax unifasciatus were placed inside the cocoons of the shell-nesting solitary bee Osmia bicolor in several cases. This bee is a specialist for nesting inside empty shells and is locally common and numerous in steppic habitats in Central Europe. In two nests, remnants of a dead bee were found inside the cocoon, together with the colony of T. unifasciatus. The adult of O. bicolor probably died inside the nest and was partly eaten by the ants suggesting a scavenging behaviour. This finding is unique and interesting, brings new insight to the biology of ants and a challenge for further studies on ants nesting in empty shells of gastropods.

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J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10616 - Entomology

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France

ISSN

0037-9271

e-ISSN

2168-6351

Svazek periodika

61

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

6

Stát vydavatele periodika

GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Počet stran výsledku

6

Strana od-do

491-496

Kód UT WoS článku

001610959900001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-105021412964