Depredación sobre una pupa de noctuidae (lepidoptera) por paraponera clavata (hymenopteraformicidae) en Panamá

Jeancarlos Abrego L

doi:10.48204/j.mesoamericana.v28n1.a9675

Submitted April 7, 2026

Published 2026-03-16

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Vol. 28 No. 1 (2026): Mesoamericana

Predation of a noctuidae pupa (lepidoptera) by paraponera clavata (hymenoptera formicidae) in Panama.

Jeancarlos Abrego L⁺⁻

DOI https://doi.org/10.48204/j.mesoamericana.v28n1.a9675

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DOI: 10.48204/j.mesoamericana.v28n1.a9675

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Abrego L, J. (2026) “Predation of a noctuidae pupa (lepidoptera) by paraponera clavata (hymenoptera formicidae) in Panama. ”, Mesoamericana, 28(1), pp. 94–97. doi: 10.48204/j.mesoamericana.v28n1.a9675.

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A predation event on a lepidopteran pupa belonging to the family Noctuidae by the ant Paraponera clavata (Fabricius, 1775) is documented, observed on January 9, 2024, in the Mamoní Valley, Panama. The behavior was recorded through direct observation and photographic documentation, showing the capture, manipulation, and active transport of the prey by a single individual. This record contributes to the knowledge of the natural history of P. clavata and expands the available information on predator–prey interactions observed in tropical forest environments.

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[1] Barrett, B., Jorgensen, C. & Looman, J. 1985. Foraging

[2] recruitment by the giant tropical ant paraponera

[3] clavata. The pan-pacific entomologist, 61, 334–

[4] Breed, M. D. & Bennett, B. 1987. Foraging behavior of

[5] the giant tropical ant paraponera clavata. Biotropica, 19(1), 35–38.

[6] Breed, M.D. & Bennett, B. 1987. Recruitment to protein

[7] resources in the giant tropical ant paraponera

[8] clavata (hymenoptera: formicidae). Behavioral

[9] ecology and sociobiology, 21, 125–131.

[10] Fourcassié, V. & Oliveira, P. S. 2002. Foraging ecology

[11] Of the giant amazonian ant paraponera clavata: of resources and habitat. Journal of insect behavior, 15(5), 689–704.

[12] Fourcassié, V. & Oliveira, P.S. 2002. Foraging ecology

[13] of the giant amazonian ant paraponera clavata:

[14] influence of resource type and availability.

[15] Journal of insect behavior, 15, 781–800.

[16] Greenberg, R., Bichier, P. & Angón, A. C. 2007.

[17] Consumption of leaf litter arthropods by birds in

[18] a tropical agroecosystem. Ecology, 88(10),

[19] –2624.

[20] Hölldobler, B. & Wilson, E. O. 1990. The ants. Harvard

[21] university press, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

[22] Janzen, D.H. & Carroll, C.R. 1983. Paraponera clavata

[23] (bala, hormiga tropical gigante). En: Janzen,

[24] D.H. (ed.). Historia natural de Costa Rica.

[25] University of Chicago press, Chicago, pp. 752–

[26] Lach, L., Parr, C. L. & Abbott, K. L. 2010. Ant ecology.

[27] Oxford university press, oxford.

[28] Pérez, R., Condit, R. & Lao, S. 1999. Distribución,

[29] mortalidad y asociación con plantas de nidos de

[30] paraponera clavata (hymenoptera: formicidae)

[31] en la isla barro colorado, Panamá. Revista de

[32] biología tropical, 47, 697–709.

[33] Schmidt, J. O. 2016. The sting of the wild. Johns hopkins

[34] university press, Baltimore.

[35] Wetterer, J.K. 1994. Attack by paraponera clavata

[36] prevents herbivory by the leaf-cutting ant atta

[37] cephalotes. Biotropica, 26, 462–465.

[38] Young, a.m. 1977. Notes on the foraging of the giant

[39] tropical ant paraponera clavata (formicidae:

[40] ponerinae) on two plants in tropical wet forest.

[41] Journal of the Georgia entomological society, 12,

[42] –51.

[43] Young, A.M. & Hermann, H.R. 1980. Notes on foraging

[44] of the giant tropical ant paraponera clavata

[45] (hymenoptera: formicidae: ponerinae). Journal

[46] of the Kansas Entomological Society, 53, 35–55.

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