Tengu84
Thursday 21 October 2010 à 22:19
J'ai une partie de ma réponse:
CITATION
BIOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS
One nest found at Castro y Picon (Cordoba, Spain) was excavated. It was
situated on a shrub southern slope of a schistous mountain with Pinus halepensis,
Myrtus communis, Cistus ladanifer, Phyllirea angustifolia and some sparse Quercus ilex
and Quercus coccifera. Granaries were found at a depth of 10 cm and consisted, at
that time (13-IX-1982) exclusively of seeds of Cistus ladanifer. Chambers with larvae
and naked pupae were found at some 35-40 cm depth. No queen was recovered. Some
winged females were found at the granaries but a great number of winged males and
females were found at a greater depth. In artificial nests some winged females and
males died before winter but the majority lived there until the next season, after
hibernating 4 months. Six winged females lived about two more years and passed
through two other periods of hibernation. In march 1985 all the colony was preserved
in alcohol. Foraging was individual both at the field and laboratory. The excavated
nest contained a minimum of 360 workers, 40 females and 39 males.
(source: Goniomma kugleri, une nouvelle fourmi granivore venant de la péninsule ibérique.)traduction:
Un nid trouvé à Castro y Picon (Cordoba, Espagne) a été creusé. Il était situé dans un buisson pente sud d'une montagne schisteuse avec
Pinus halepensis,
Myrtus communis,
Cistus ladanifer,
Phyllirea angustifolia and quelques
Quercus ilex and
Quercus coccifera épars. Les greniers furent trouvés à une profondeur de 10 cm (... merci BenFOA
)