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环 境 昆 虫 学 报 Journal ofEnvironmental Entomology，June 2011，33(2)：139—146 ISSN 1674-0858 doi：10．3969／i．issn．1674—0858．2011．02．001 The nesting ecology and fungal composition of nests and exoskeletons of two ant species in the basal trunks of Quercus aliena var．acuteserrata in n t．Taibai．China HE Hong ，ZHANG Ya—Lin ，WANG Yun．Guo ，GAO Zhi．Hui ，WEI Cong (1．Colege of Forestry， Northwest A F University，Yangling 7 12100，Shaanxi Province， China；2． College of Plant Protec— tion，Northwest AF University，Yangling 7 12100，Shaanxi Province，China) Abstract：The nesting ecology and fungi composition of nests and exoskeletons of two ant species(For- mica gagatoides Ruzsky and却haenogaster sp．)were investigated，which nest in basal trunks of Querc~ aliena var．acuteserrata in Mt．Taibai，China． F．gagatoides is one of the most abundant ant species in the Qurcus forests and mainly feed on other insects，plant material and honeydew of aphids which induce insect gals on slim branches of Qur~．s aliena var．acuteserrata．Aphaenogaster sp．was only f0und in the cavities of QurcuS trunks，and they caught small insects．The nests of F．gagatoides were usually very wet，while the nests of Aphaenogaster sp． were relatively drier． The percentage of ant—habitat trees is about 20．3％ on average and varied in relation to altitudes，i．e．，from 6％ at least(in woods of altitude of 1800 m)to 38．5％ at maximum (in woods of altitude of 1600 m)．The nesting activities of the two ant species cause strong biodisturbance damage to Qurcus aliena var．acuteserata：1)they greatly afect water and nutrition transport and cause wood decay in stems of the oaks；2)the significantly damaged trees are structurally weakened and likely to break during windstorms or harvesting operations；3)they afect eventualy the vegetation succession and nutritional recycle of sight woods of Q．ercus．Moreover， the fungal communities in nests and on exoskeletons of the two ant species were clearly different．and sev- en fungi were isolated from the nest mater