The Triplaria tree (Triplaris spp) and Pseudomyrmex ants: a symbiotic relationship with risks of attack for humans Pau-de-novato (Triplaris spp) e formigas Pseudomyrmex: uma relação simbiótica com riscos para seres humanos

The authors report a massive attack by Pseudomyrmex ants on a human who touched a Triplaria - novice tree (Triplaris spp). The ants naturally live in these trees and their stings cause intense pain and discrete to moderate local inflammation. The problem is common in some Brazilian regions and can b...

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Published in:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Main Authors: Vidal Haddad Junior, Luiz Roberto Hernandes Bicudo, Adílson Fransozo
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2009
Subjects:
Formigas
Árvores
Animais peçonhentos
Ants
Trees
Venomous animals
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86822009000600022
https://doaj.org/article/ed536255c5d64e02bd225139cb3d1076
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Summary:The authors report a massive attack by Pseudomyrmex ants on a human who touched a Triplaria - novice tree (Triplaris spp). The ants naturally live in these trees and their stings cause intense pain and discrete to moderate local inflammation. The problem is common in some Brazilian regions and can be prevented by identifying the trees. É descrito um ataque maciço de formigas do gênero Pseudomyrmex a um humano que tocou uma árvore-de-novato (Triplaris spp). As formigas vivem naturalmente nestas árvores e as picadas causam dor intensa e inflamação local. O problema é comum em certas regiões do Brasil e pode ser prevenido pela identificação das árvores.

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