Hidrocarburos cuticulares de hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Odontomachus bauri (Emery) del bosque tropical de Maranguape, Ceará, Brasil

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https://doi.org/10.33448/rsd-v10i8.17119

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Semioquímicos; 5-metil-nonacosano; Alcanos; Cromatografía.

Resumen

Las hormigas son organismos eusociales con gran abundancia relativa y riqueza de especies. Los estudios sobre estos organismos son escasos, especialmente en los ambientes de bosque húmedo de altura del estado de Ceará. Ante esta condición, se realizó una evaluación de la composición química de los hidrocarburos cuticulares (CHCs) de la especie Odontomachus bauri encontrada y registrada por primera vez en este estudio en el bosque tropical de Maranguape, con base en la hipótesis de que diferentes nidos tienen diferentes composiciones de CHC. Para ello, se realizaron incursiones de recolección en la región para obtener individuos de tres nidos diferentes. En el laboratorio, la extracción de CHC se realizó sumergiendo las hormigas en hexano durante 30 minutos. Después de retirar las hormigas, los extractos se sometieron a secado para evaluar el rendimiento de las muestras. Luego, los extractos se sometieron a una columna de gel de sílice, antes de realizar un análisis por cromatografía de gases acoplada a espectrometría de masas. Los cromatogramas obtenidos fueron analizados y demostraron una gran similitud, mostrando hidrocarburos saturados de cadena larga, principalmente representados por alcanos y metil-alcanos. El 5-metil-nonacosano fue el componente con mayor abundancia relativa. El análisis estadístico de similitud y correlación entre muestras se realizó mediante pruebas no paramétricas. Estos análisis proporcionaron evidencia estadística suficiente para confirmar la existencia de una fuerte correlación positiva entre las muestras y también una diferencia significativa en la composición de los CHC en dos de los tres análisis pareados realizados, confirmando así la hipótesis del estudio.

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08/07/2021

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AZEVEDO FILHO, P. A. de .; VASCONCELOS, F. R.; SANTOS, R. C. G. dos; MORAIS, S. M. de . Hidrocarburos cuticulares de hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Odontomachus bauri (Emery) del bosque tropical de Maranguape, Ceará, Brasil. Research, Society and Development, [S. l.], v. 10, n. 8, p. e13010817119, 2021. DOI: 10.33448/rsd-v10i8.17119. Disponível em: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/17119. Acesso em: 29 sep. 2024.

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