About the Authors

Riviane Rodigues da Hora

Affiliations Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Brazil, UPA Laboratório de Mirmecologia, Convênio UESC-CEPEC/CEPLAC, Itabuna, Brazil

Jacques Hubert Charles Delabie

Affiliation UPA Laboratório de Mirmecologia, Convênio UESC-CEPEC/CEPLAC, Itabuna, Brazil

Carolina Gonçalves dos Santos

Affiliation Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Brazil

José Eduardo Serrão

jeserrao@ufv.br

Affiliation Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RRdH JHCD JES. Performed the experiments: RRdH CGS JES. Analyzed the data: RRdH JHCD CGS JES. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JES. Wrote the paper: RRdH JHCD CGS JES.