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DOI: 10.20362/am.009017
Asian Myrmecology 9: e009017 (1-2)
article first published online 16/November/2017
Short Communication Harvesting fig seeds from bird feces by an Oriental myrmicine ant species, Acanthomyrmex ferox Emery, 1893 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
FUMINORI ITO1*, BRUNO GOBIN2 & ROSLI HASHIM3
Abstract:
Seed harvesting behavior of the Oriental myrmicine ant, Acanthomyrmex ferox was observed in Ulu Gombak, Peninsular Malaysia. Minor workers harvested fig seeds exclusively from bird feces dropped on the lower vegetation.
Keywords:
ants, Ficus, foraging, seed dispersal
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1Laboratory of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa University, Ikenobe, Miki 761-0795, Japan
2Present address, PCS-Ornamental Plant Research, Schaessestraat 18, 9070 Destelbergen, Belgium
3Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science Building, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
*Corresponding author: fuminori64ito@gmail.com
