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(2011), Organisms Diversity and Evolution 11: Mixed colonies and hybridisation of Messor harvester ant species (Messor minor, M. cf. wasmanni and M. capitatus living side by side in Italy, fertile hybrids between the first two)","https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1007\u002Fs13127-011-0045-3",[95,105,106],"biology","distribution",{"type":97,"title":108,"url":109,"covers":110},"Salata, Lapeva-Gjonova, Georgiadis and Borowiec (2023), ZooKeys 1185: Review of the Messor semirufus complex in Greece (Messor wasmanni listed for the Balkans and western Turkey in the larger, usually bicolored wasmanni complex, whose large workers have a red mesosoma that is never entirely black, and which makes trunk trails)","https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.3897\u002Fzookeys.1185.111484",[95,105,106],{"type":97,"title":112,"url":113,"covers":114},"Schifani, Csősz, Viviano and Alicata (2021), Natural History Sciences 8: Ant diversity on the largest Mediterranean islands, with the Messor wasmanni entry (mostly an Eastern Mediterranean species, described from Sardinia, neotype needed, reddish Messor bouvieri taken for it)","https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.4081\u002Fnhs.2021.532",[95,106],{"type":97,"title":116,"url":117,"covers":118},"Harkness and Isham (1988), Insectes Sociaux 35: Relations between nests of Messor wasmanni in Greece (nest spacing, foraging trails and the lack of aggression between neighboring nests)","https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1007\u002FBF02224134",[105,106],{"type":97,"title":120,"url":121,"covers":122},"Traxler (2016), Ecologica Montenegrina 7: Native food spectrum, size-matching and foraging efficiency of the Mediterranean harvester ant Messor wasmanni (island of Cres, Croatia: diet, three worker size classes, trunk trails)","https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.37828\u002Fem.2016.7.19",[105,106],{"type":97,"title":124,"url":125,"covers":126},"Steiner et al. 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Os ninhos são fáceis de achar por causa das trilhas principais bem marcadas.",{"question":252,"answer":253},"Messor wasmanni se hibridiza com outras espécies de Messor?","Na Itália, sim. Um estudo genético e morfológico encontrou colônias mistas e fluxo gênico nos dois sentidos entre Messor minor e Messor cf. wasmanni, com híbridos que parecem ser férteis, enquanto Messor capitatus, que vive no mesmo habitat, não mostrou sinal de hibridização. Algumas dessas colônias abrigavam operárias de aparência intermediária entre as espécies.","As operárias vêm em muitos tamanhos, das menores às majores de cabeça grande, e as grandes costumam ter o tórax vermelho e o gáster mais escuro e brilhante, nunca todas pretas como Messor capitatus. Messor minor e a avermelhada Messor bouvieri podem ser difíceis de distinguir dela, e cf. no nome comercial significa que a identificação não está confirmada, então esta ficha segue a forma que as lojas europeias vendem com esse nome.","pt",{},true,[259,262,264,267],{"kind":260,"text":261},"tip","Ofereça de vez em quando espigas inteiras de gramíneas, e não só sementes soltas: na natureza, essas formigas colhem sementes direto da planta, além de pegá-las do chão.",{"kind":260,"text":263},"Dê à colônia uma câmara seca para o estoque de sementes e outra, úmida, para a cria, e nunca borrife água no ninho, porque sementes molhadas brotam ou mofam. Cubra todo ponto de água aberto com pedrinhas ou algodão, já que as operárias de Messor se afogam com facilidade.",{"kind":265,"text":266},"watchOut","Uma rainha capturada depois do voo de outono costuma começar a pôr ovos só na primavera, depois do descanso de inverno, então um tubo de ensaio com aparência vazia durante todo o inverno é normal. Mantenha-o escuro e silencioso em vez de ficar conferindo a rainha.",{"kind":265,"text":268},"As fichas de criação descrevem as colônias jovens como muito sensíveis à luz e à vibração, então mantenha o ninho escuro e sobre uma superfície estável, e não em uma prateleira que leve batidas.","\u002Fpt\u002Fspecies\u002Fmessor-wasmanni",{"description":232},"pt\u002Fspecies\u002Fmessor-wasmanni","3JfSDv4Ge4CtEZNawwpOmi5pE_MgCDC88Dda7r3m3Lc",[274,275,276,277,278,279,280,281,282,283,284],"Albânia","Bósnia e Herzegovina","Bulgária","Croácia","Eslovênia","França","Grécia","Itália","Macedônia do Norte","Montenegro","Turquia",[286,287,288],{"name":63,"slug":43},{"name":64,"slug":43},{"name":65,"slug":289},"messor-capitatus",[291,308,329],{"slug":292,"scientificName":293,"genus":231,"nickname":232,"aliases":294,"tagline":295,"image":296,"experience":38,"guide":43,"difficulty":28,"workerSize":297,"majorSize":66,"queenSize":298,"temperature":299,"hibernation":301,"hibernationTemperature":302,"hibernationBand":304,"sizeClass":305,"founding":41,"colonyStructure":7,"regions":306},"messor-ebeninus","Messor ebeninus",[],"Uma colhedora de um preto-ébano brilhante do Oriente Médio, que guarda as sementes no andar de cima e mantém a cria na terra úmida, bem lá embaixo.","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.brumaants.com\u002Fimages\u002Fspecies\u002Fmessor-ebeninus.jpg",[227,228],[75,46],[223,300],28,"recommended",[49,303],18,"mild","large",[83,307],"northAfrica",{"slug":309,"scientificName":310,"genus":231,"nickname":311,"aliases":312,"tagline":315,"image":316,"experience":317,"guide":318,"difficulty":319,"workerSize":320,"majorSize":80,"queenSize":322,"temperature":324,"hibernation":44,"hibernationTemperature":326,"hibernationBand":304,"sizeClass":305,"founding":41,"colonyStructure":7,"regions":328},"messor-barbarus","Messor barbarus","Formiga-ceifeira",[313,314],"Formiga-carrilheira","Formiga-do-pão","Uma coletora de sementes calma e desajeitada, com majores de cabeça enorme, e a minha melhor indicação para iniciantes.","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.brumaants.com\u002Fimages\u002FMessor_barbarus_major_2.jpeg","firstHand","how-to-care-for-messor-barbarus","1",[321,228],3,[80,323],17,[325,224],21,[46,327],16,[82,307],{"slug":289,"scientificName":65,"genus":231,"nickname":232,"aliases":330,"tagline":331,"image":332,"experience":38,"guide":43,"difficulty":28,"workerSize":333,"majorSize":334,"queenSize":335,"temperature":336,"hibernation":44,"hibernationTemperature":337,"hibernationBand":338,"sizeClass":305,"founding":41,"colonyStructure":7,"regions":339},[],"Uma colhedora de sementes preta e brilhante, de majores cabeçudas que moem sementes duras em pão de formiga em terreno seco e pedregoso.","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.brumaants.com\u002Fimages\u002Fspecies\u002Fmessor-capitatus.jpg",[227,228],13,[334,49],[223,300],[66,49],"cool",[82,307],[341,348,354],{"id":342,"title":343,"description":344,"image":345,"categoryText":346,"path":347},"blog\u002Fpt\u002Fhow-to-make-a-test-tube-setup-tutorial.md","Como Fazer um Setup de Tubo de Ensaio - Noções Básicas","Neste tutorial, você aprenderá a fazer um setup de tubo de ensaio, a melhor maneira de criar o ambiente ideal para uma rainha recém-fecundada!","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.brumaants.com\u002Fimages\u002Fbruma_ants_thumbnail_test_tube_setup_tutorial_new.png","Fundamentos","\u002Fpt\u002Fhow-to-make-a-test-tube-setup-tutorial",{"id":349,"title":350,"description":351,"image":352,"categoryText":346,"path":353},"blog\u002Fpt\u002Fhow-to-hibernate-your-ants.md","Como Hibernar Suas Formigas - Tutorial de Hibernação","Neste guia, vamos falar sobre hibernação: o que é? Por que as formigas precisam hibernar? Devo hibernar minhas formigas? Vamos ver!","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.brumaants.com\u002Fimages\u002Fbruma_ants_thumbnail_hibernation_guide.png","\u002Fpt\u002Fhow-to-hibernate-your-ants",{"id":355,"title":356,"description":357,"image":358,"categoryText":359,"path":360},"blog\u002Fpt\u002Fhow-to-make-a-ytong-nest.md","Como Fazer um Ninho de Ytong - Tutorial","Neste tutorial, você aprenderá a fazer um ninho de Ytong para suas colônias de formigas! Este é um dos melhores tipos de ninho para muitas espécies de formigas!","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.brumaants.com\u002Fimages\u002Fbruma_ants_thumbnail_ytong_ant_nest_tutorial.png","Tutoriais","\u002Fpt\u002Fhow-to-make-a-ytong-nest",1791900252038]