Consumption of a Dangerous Ant (Camponotus vicinus) by a Threatened Minnow (Notropis simus pecosensis)

Stephen R. Davenport; John F. Mull; Christopher W. Hoagstrom

doi:10.1894/0038-4909-58.1.126

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Stephen R. Davenport,^1,* John F. Mull,² Christopher W. Hoagstrom²

¹United States Fish and Wildlife Service, New Mexico Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office, 3800 Comm
²Department of Zoology, Weber State University, 2505 University Circle, Ogden, UT 84408 (JFM, CWH)

^*Correspondent: Stephen_Davenport@fws.gov

Abstract

We report a live Pecos bluntnose shiner (Notropis simus pecosensis) with a dead, major-worker, carpenter ant (Camponotus vicinus) locked onto its lower jaw. The shiner apparently ingested the ant.

Reportamos el hallazgo de una carpita chata del río Pecos (Notropis simus pecosensis) vivo con un trabajador mayor muerto de una hormiga carpintera (Camponotus vicinus) encajada en su mandíbula inferior. Al parecer, el pez ingirió la hormiga.

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Stephen R. Davenport, John F. Mull, and Christopher W. Hoagstrom "Consumption of a Dangerous Ant (Camponotus vicinus) by a Threatened Minnow (Notropis simus pecosensis)," The Southwestern Naturalist 58(1), 126-128, (1 March 2013). https://doi.org/10.1894/0038-4909-58.1.126

Received: 26 September 2011; Accepted: 1 November 2012; Published: 1 March 2013

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