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Revision and phylogeny of the neotropical subfamily Nyctiborinae (Dictyoptera: Blattaria: Ectobiidae)
(2012)
The neotropical cockroach subfamily Nyctiborinae Kirby, 1904 (Dictyoptera: Ectobiidae) is reviewed. A redescription for the subfamily and eight of its nine genera is undertaken, with emphasis on composition and morphology ...
Interaction between the fungus-growing ant Cyphomyrmex minutus and its symbionts at Cambalache Forest, Puerto Rico
(2012)
The ants in the tribe Attini cultivate a fungus (Basidiomycota: Agaricales) as food and protect it from specific mycoparasites, Escovopsis (Ascomycota: Hypocreales), using the antibiotic production capacity of Actinobacteria ...
Diversity of Actinobacteria associated with common ant species in the Guánica Tropical Dry Forest, Puerto Rico
(2012)
The diversity of Actinobacteria associated with ants that do not grow fungi was determined in the Guánica subtropical dry forest. Actinobacteria produces secondary metabolites used as antibiotics antifungals and antivirals. ...