Hormigas como plagas potenciales en tres criaderos de mariposas del suroccidente de Colombia

• Published in: Acta agronomica (Palmira) Vol. 58; no. 1; pp. 47 - 52
• Main Authors: Sanabria-Blandón, María Catalina, Chacón de Ulloa, Patricia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Portuguese; Spanish
• Published: Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Palmira 01.01.2009; Universidad Nacional de Colombia
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY; Camponotus novogranadensis; Hormigas vagabundas; Linepithema spp; Monomorium floricola; Paratrechina longicornis; Tramp ants; Wasmannia auropunctata; Wasmannia auropunctata; Camponotus novogranadensis; Hormigas vagabundas; Paratrechina longicornis; Tramp ants; Monomorium floricola; Linepithema spp
• ISSN: 0120-2812; 2323-0118

La fauna de hormigas asociada con la zoocría de mariposas en los departamentos de Valle del Cauca y Quindío (Colombia), se colectó por captura manual en tres ambientes (mariposario, vivero y laboratorio). De 125 muestras se extrajeron 779 hormigas, pertenecientes a cinco subfamilias, 18 géneros y 24 especies. El mayor número de especies se registró en el área de laboratorio (17), seguido por vivero (16) y mariposario (13). No se encontraron diferencias significativas (Chi² = 6.019, g.l.= 10, P>0.75), al evaluar la preferencia de las hormigas por un ambiente, sin embargo se observaron tendencias de esta manera: Wasmannia auropunctata (50%), Linepithema sp. (47%), Monomorium floricola (40%) fueron las más importantes en el laboratorio, mientras que en el mariposario fueron Linepithema humile (42%), Camponotus novogranadensis (39%) y Paratrechina longiconis (37.5%) y en el vivero W. auropunctata (37.5%) y P. longicornis (37.5%). Algunas de estas hormigas son reconocidas como vagabundas y plagas urbanas, lo que podría considerarse como un riesgo potencial para las actividades de zoocría de mariposas. En el presente estudio se propuso conocer las especies de hormigas que se asocian con tres criaderos de mariposas localizados en el suroccidente colombiano. The ant fauna associated to the butterflies rearing in the departments of Cauca Valley and Quindio (Colombia) was studied. The ants were collected using manual capture method in three different environments (butterfly garden, nursery and laboratory). 779 ants were extracted from 125 samples, which belonged to five sub-families, 18 genera and 24 species. The greatest number of species were registered at the laboratory (17), followed by nursery (16) and butterfly garden (13). There weren't any significant differences (Chi2 = 6.019, d.f.= 10, P> 0.75), in assessing the preference of ants for some environment, however some trends were observed, on this way: at the lab Wasmannia auropunctata (50%), Linepithema sp. (47%), Monomorium floricola (40%) were the most important species, while at the butterfly garden were Linepithema humile (42%), Camponotus novogranadensis (39%) and Paratrechina longiconis (37.5%) and W. auropunctata (37.5%) and P. longicornis (37.5%) at the nursery. Some of these ants have been recognized as tramp ants and urban pests, which could be considerate as a potential risk for butterfly rearing activities. In this research, we expected recognize the ants species associated in three butterflies rearing located in the southwest of Colombia.