{"id":11219,"date":"2025-03-27T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antcube.shop\/?p=11219"},"modified":"2025-10-14T09:58:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T07:58:07","slug":"evolucao-das-formigas-explicada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antcube.shop\/pt\/2025\/03\/27\/evolucao-das-formigas-explicada\/","title":{"rendered":"Como \u00e9 que as formigas evolu\u00edram? Um guia simples da hist\u00f3ria das formigas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"page-header-362164286\" class=\"page-header-wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"page-title dark featured-title\">\n\n        <div class=\"page-title-bg\">\n      <div class=\"title-bg fill bg-fill\"\n        data-parallax-container=\".page-title\"\n        data-parallax-background\n data-parallax=\"-\">\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"title-overlay fill\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"page-title-inner container align-center text-center flex-row-col medium-flex-wrap\" >\n              <div class=\"title-wrapper flex-col\">\n          <h1 class=\"entry-title mb-0\">\n            Tudo o que deve saber sobre a evolu\u00e7\u00e3o das formigas          <\/h1>\n        <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"title-content flex-col\">\n        <div class=\"title-breadcrumbs pb-half pt-half\"><nav class=\"woocommerce-breadcrumb breadcrumbs uppercase\" aria-label=\"P\u00e3o ralado\">In\u00edcio<\/nav><\/div>      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n     \n<style>\n#page-header-362164286 .title-bg {\n  background-image: url(https:\/\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ant-in-amber-How-did-ants-evolve-A-quick-and-easy-exploration-of-ant-history-YouTube.png);\n  background-position: 48% 34%;\n}\n#page-header-362164286 .featured-title {\n  background-color: rgb(94, 125, 52);\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  \n\n\t<div id=\"gap-980851285\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-980851285 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<div class=\"video video-fit mb\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Como \u00e9 que as formigas evolu\u00edram? Uma explora\u00e7\u00e3o r\u00e1pida e f\u00e1cil da hist\u00f3ria das formigas com linhas cronol\u00f3gicas\" width=\"1020\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CAo0dqOHnmU?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/antcube.shop\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n<p>Quando pensamos na biodiversidade da Terra, os insectos s\u00e3o o centro das aten\u00e7\u00f5es. De facto, representam 55% de toda a biodiversidade - incluindo plantas, fungos e at\u00e9 vida oce\u00e2nica - e uns impressionantes 85% de toda a diversidade animal. Entre os insectos, as formigas ocupam um lugar particularmente fascinante, prosperando em quase todos os ecossistemas da Terra. Apesar da sua omnipresen\u00e7a, a sua hist\u00f3ria evolutiva continua a ser uma esp\u00e9cie de enigma. Em compara\u00e7\u00e3o com os 200 anos de investiga\u00e7\u00e3o sobre dinossauros, a paleontologia das formigas \u00e9 um campo relativamente jovem, com apenas cerca de 50 anos. Vamos explorar o que sabemos at\u00e9 agora sobre o percurso evolutivo das formigas.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"cf0\">Se quiser apoiar-nos, pode encomendar um poster; <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">Seguir<\/span><span class=\"cf0\"> a liga\u00e7\u00e3o para estes<\/span><a class=\"cf0\" href=\"https:\/\/antcube.shop\/en\/product-category\/ant-posters-and-teaching-aids\/\"><span class=\"cf0\">\u00a0cartazes de formigas<\/span><\/a><span class=\"cf0\"> e obter 10% de desconto com o c\u00f3digo promocional <strong>antblog10<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"container section-title-container\" ><h2 class=\"section-title section-title-normal\"><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><span class=\"section-title-main\" style=\"color:rgb(104, 161, 39);\">Tra\u00e7ando a hist\u00f3ria das formigas: Como \u00e9 que estudamos o seu passado?<\/span><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><\/h2><\/div>\n\n<p>Ao contr\u00e1rio dos dinossauros, cujos ossos podem ser descobertos numa caminhada \u00e0 tarde, as formigas deixam vest\u00edgios mais subtis. Os paleont\u00f3logos baseiam-se em dois tipos fundamentais de provas:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Impress\u00f5es de f\u00f3sseis:<\/b> S\u00e3o impress\u00f5es bidimensionais deixadas em sedimentos ou rochas.<\/li>\n<li><b>Esp\u00e9cimes de \u00e2mbar:<\/b> Tal como as cenas cativantes de <i>Parque Jur\u00e1ssico<\/i>Estes f\u00f3sseis tridimensionais preservam formigas presas em resina de \u00e1rvores antigas, permitindo um vislumbre pormenorizado da sua anatomia.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-667798442\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1692728343\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1707564524\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"530\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ant-in-amber-How-did-ants-evolve-A-quick-and-easy-exploration-of-ant-history-YouTube.png?resize=18%2C9&amp;ssl=1 18w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ant-in-amber-How-did-ants-evolve-A-quick-and-easy-exploration-of-ant-history-YouTube.png?resize=247%2C129&amp;ssl=1 247w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ant-in-amber-How-did-ants-evolve-A-quick-and-easy-exploration-of-ant-history-YouTube.png?resize=510%2C266&amp;ssl=1 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_45214428 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n<p>A raridade destes achados constitui um desafio. Ao longo de 100 milh\u00f5es de anos de hist\u00f3ria das formigas, apenas algumas centenas de f\u00f3sseis foram descobertos - um forte contraste com a riqueza dos ossos de dinossauros. Ainda assim, estas preciosas rel\u00edquias oferecem uma vis\u00e3o cr\u00edtica. Os cientistas analisam a anatomia fossilizada e comparam o ADN das formigas modernas para identificar liga\u00e7\u00f5es com os seus antigos antepassados.<\/p>\n<div class=\"container section-title-container\" ><h2 class=\"section-title section-title-normal\"><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><span class=\"section-title-main\" style=\"color:rgb(104, 161, 39);\">Defini\u00e7\u00e3o de formigas: O que \u00e9 que faz de uma formiga uma formiga?<\/span><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><\/h2><\/div>\n\n<p>As formigas modernas partilham tr\u00eas carater\u00edsticas anat\u00f3micas:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Antenas em cotovelo<\/b><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Uma cintura de pec\u00edolo<\/b>, dividido em uma ou duas sec\u00e7\u00f5es<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Gl\u00e2ndulas Metapleurais<\/b>embora estes n\u00e3o estejam activos em todas as esp\u00e9cies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Estas carater\u00edsticas ajudam os cientistas a distinguir os f\u00f3sseis de formigas verdadeiras de outros insectos sociais como as abelhas ou as vespas. Compreender esta anatomia \u00e9 fundamental para desvendar a sua hist\u00f3ria evolutiva.<\/p>\n<div class=\"container section-title-container\" ><h2 class=\"section-title section-title-normal\"><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><span class=\"section-title-main\" style=\"color:rgb(104, 161, 39);\">As formigas mais antigas: In\u00edcio antigo (140-168 milh\u00f5es de anos atr\u00e1s)<\/span><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><\/h2><\/div>\n\n<p>As formigas apareceram pela primeira vez durante o Per\u00edodo Jur\u00e1ssico, partilhando o seu mundo com dinossauros e pinheiros imponentes. Nessa altura, eram raras e muito menos diversificadas. As primeiras formigas tinham provavelmente uma vida solit\u00e1ria, com comportamentos primitivos que antecederam as complexas estruturas sociais que vemos atualmente. As col\u00f3nias podem ter contido apenas 10 indiv\u00edduos - dificilmente compar\u00e1veis \u00e0s col\u00f3nias em expans\u00e3o de hoje.<\/p>\n<p>Uma das primeiras fam\u00edlias de formigas conhecidas, <i>Sphecomyrminae<\/i>A fam\u00edlia dos peixes, que \u00e9 uma das mais antigas do mundo, remonta a 100 milh\u00f5es de anos. Curiosamente, alguns membros desta fam\u00edlia, como <i>Haidomyrmex<\/i>As formigas modernas, com mand\u00edbulas que se abriam verticalmente - funcionando mais como tesouras -, distinguiam-se das formigas modernas.<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1213853855\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-280564142\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_734110779\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"521\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Sphecomyrmina-ant-family.png?fit=1020%2C521&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Sphecomyrmina-ant-family.png?w=2550&amp;ssl=1 2550w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Sphecomyrmina-ant-family.png?resize=783%2C400&amp;ssl=1 783w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Sphecomyrmina-ant-family.png?resize=1175%2C600&amp;ssl=1 1175w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Sphecomyrmina-ant-family.png?resize=768%2C392&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Sphecomyrmina-ant-family.png?resize=1536%2C784&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Sphecomyrmina-ant-family.png?resize=2048%2C1046&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Sphecomyrmina-ant-family.png?resize=18%2C9&amp;ssl=1 18w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Sphecomyrmina-ant-family.png?resize=247%2C126&amp;ssl=1 247w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Sphecomyrmina-ant-family.png?resize=510%2C260&amp;ssl=1 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_734110779 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-593276869\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1517030575\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Haidomyrmex.png?fit=1020%2C525&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Haidomyrmex.png?w=2526&amp;ssl=1 2526w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Haidomyrmex.png?resize=777%2C400&amp;ssl=1 777w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Haidomyrmex.png?resize=1166%2C600&amp;ssl=1 1166w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Haidomyrmex.png?resize=768%2C395&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Haidomyrmex.png?resize=1536%2C790&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Haidomyrmex.png?resize=2048%2C1054&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Haidomyrmex.png?resize=18%2C9&amp;ssl=1 18w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Haidomyrmex.png?resize=247%2C127&amp;ssl=1 247w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Haidomyrmex.png?resize=510%2C262&amp;ssl=1 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1517030575 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n<p>Os cientistas tamb\u00e9m colocam a hip\u00f3tese de as formigas partilharem um antepassado comum com as vespas solit\u00e1rias. Ambas pertencem \u00e0 ordem dos insectos Hymenoptera, que tamb\u00e9m inclui as abelhas. Os seus caminhos evolutivos divergiram h\u00e1 milh\u00f5es de anos, mas as formigas e as abelhas continuam a ser primos biol\u00f3gicos pr\u00f3ximos.<\/p>\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1928166327\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"526\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hymenoptera-tree-simplified.png?fit=1020%2C526&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hymenoptera-tree-simplified.png?w=2550&amp;ssl=1 2550w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hymenoptera-tree-simplified.png?resize=776%2C400&amp;ssl=1 776w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hymenoptera-tree-simplified.png?resize=1163%2C600&amp;ssl=1 1163w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hymenoptera-tree-simplified.png?resize=768%2C396&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hymenoptera-tree-simplified.png?resize=1536%2C792&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hymenoptera-tree-simplified.png?resize=2048%2C1056&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hymenoptera-tree-simplified.png?resize=18%2C9&amp;ssl=1 18w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hymenoptera-tree-simplified.png?resize=247%2C127&amp;ssl=1 247w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/hymenoptera-tree-simplified.png?resize=510%2C263&amp;ssl=1 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1928166327 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"gap-1772328889\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1772328889 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<div class=\"container section-title-container\" ><h2 class=\"section-title section-title-normal\"><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><span class=\"section-title-main\" style=\"color:rgb(104, 161, 39);\">Florescendo com plantas com flores (100 milh\u00f5es de anos atr\u00e1s)<\/span><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><\/h2><\/div>\n\n<p>H\u00e1 cerca de 100 milh\u00f5es de anos, a explos\u00e3o de plantas com flores transformou a evolu\u00e7\u00e3o das formigas. \u00c0 medida que as plantas se diversificavam, o mesmo acontecia com as formigas, adaptando-se a novas fontes de alimento e habitats. Este per\u00edodo marcou o aparecimento de v\u00e1rios grupos de formigas, incluindo:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Leptanillinae:<\/b> O grupo mais antigo existente, caracterizado por formigas pequenas e p\u00e1lidas com uma cintura de duas sec\u00e7\u00f5es.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Poneroides:<\/b> Formigas predadoras conhecidas pela sua capacidade de ca\u00e7a.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Formicoides:<\/b> Um grupo que inclui os favoritos modernos como as formigas carpinteiras, as cortadeiras e as formigas do ex\u00e9rcito.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>O aparecimento das formigas Formicinae - mestres de estrat\u00e9gias defensivas como a pulveriza\u00e7\u00e3o de \u00e1cido - foi outro marco significativo. Durante esta \u00e9poca, as formigas come\u00e7aram a dividir o trabalho entre castas, lan\u00e7ando as bases para as sociedades altamente organizadas que admiramos atualmente.<\/p>\n<div class=\"container section-title-container\" ><h2 class=\"section-title section-title-normal\"><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><span class=\"section-title-main\" style=\"color:rgb(104, 161, 39);\">Sobrevivendo \u00e0 crise do Cret\u00e1ceo (65 milh\u00f5es de anos atr\u00e1s)<\/span><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><\/h2><\/div>\n\n<p>Enquanto o impacto do asteroide que p\u00f4s fim \u00e0 era dos dinossauros causou extin\u00e7\u00f5es em massa, as formigas sa\u00edram ilesas. A sua sobreviv\u00eancia \u00e9 atribu\u00edda ao seu estilo de vida subterr\u00e2neo e \u00e0 sua flexibilidade alimentar. Esta resili\u00eancia permitiu-lhes prosperar no mundo p\u00f3s-dinossauro, diversificando-se em ainda mais esp\u00e9cies.<\/p>\n<div class=\"container section-title-container\" ><h2 class=\"section-title section-title-normal\"><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><span class=\"section-title-main\" style=\"color:rgb(104, 161, 39);\">A agricultura das formigas e o dom\u00ednio moderno<\/span><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><\/h2><\/div>\n\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>50 milh\u00f5es de anos atr\u00e1s:<\/b> Algumas formigas desenvolveram a agricultura, cultivando fungos como fonte de alimento - uma pr\u00e1tica ainda hoje observada nas formigas cortadeiras.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>12-8 milh\u00f5es de anos atr\u00e1s:<\/b> Os cortadores de folhas surgiram, criando uma rela\u00e7\u00e3o simbi\u00f3tica com os seus fungos cultivados, que dependem das formigas para sobreviver.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>1 milh\u00e3o de anos atr\u00e1s:<\/b> Formigas-de-fogo (<i>Solenopsis invicta<\/i>) iniciaram a sua conquista global. O seu sucesso \u00e9 atribu\u00eddo \u00e0 poliginia (v\u00e1rias rainhas por col\u00f3nia), \u00e0 capacidade de deslocaliza\u00e7\u00e3o r\u00e1pida e \u00e0 adaptabilidade alimentar. Atualmente, as formigas-de-fogo s\u00e3o consideradas uma das esp\u00e9cies de formigas mais bem sucedidas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1194927034\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"526\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ff.png?fit=1020%2C526&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ff.png?w=2548&amp;ssl=1 2548w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ff.png?resize=775%2C400&amp;ssl=1 775w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ff.png?resize=1163%2C600&amp;ssl=1 1163w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ff.png?resize=768%2C396&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ff.png?resize=1536%2C793&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ff.png?resize=2048%2C1057&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ff.png?resize=18%2C9&amp;ssl=1 18w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ff.png?resize=247%2C127&amp;ssl=1 247w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ff.png?resize=510%2C263&amp;ssl=1 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1194927034 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"gap-2122618151\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-2122618151 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<div class=\"container section-title-container\" ><h2 class=\"section-title section-title-normal\"><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><span class=\"section-title-main\" style=\"color:rgb(104, 161, 39);\">Diversidade das formigas hoje<\/span><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><\/h2><\/div>\n\n<p>As formigas n\u00e3o s\u00f3 sobreviveram como prosperaram, habitando quase todas as massas de terra da Terra. Os cientistas identificaram mais de 12.500 esp\u00e9cies, embora o n\u00famero real seja provavelmente muito superior. Nas regi\u00f5es tropicais, a biomassa das formigas ultrapassa a de todos os animais vertebrados juntos. A sua \u00fanica limita\u00e7\u00e3o? A sensibilidade \u00e0s baixas temperaturas. No entanto, muitas esp\u00e9cies desenvolveram estrat\u00e9gias inteligentes, como a hiberna\u00e7\u00e3o, para suportar as mudan\u00e7as sazonais.<\/p>\n<div class=\"container section-title-container\" ><h2 class=\"section-title section-title-normal\"><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><span class=\"section-title-main\" style=\"color:rgb(104, 161, 39);\">A viagem continua<\/span><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><\/h2><\/div>\n\n<p>Apesar do seu incr\u00edvel sucesso, as formigas continuam a ser uma fronteira de descoberta cient\u00edfica. Cada f\u00f3ssil e an\u00e1lise de ADN acrescenta uma nova pe\u00e7a ao seu puzzle evolutivo. Desde o in\u00edcio solit\u00e1rio at\u00e9 \u00e0s inova\u00e7\u00f5es agr\u00edcolas, as formigas criaram uma das hist\u00f3rias de sucesso mais not\u00e1veis da hist\u00f3ria da Terra. Uma coisa \u00e9 certa: as formigas s\u00e3o muito mais do que simples insectos industriosos - s\u00e3o um testemunho do engenho da natureza.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quando pensamos na biodiversidade da Terra, os insectos s\u00e3o o centro das aten\u00e7\u00f5es. De facto, representam 55% de toda a biodiversidade - incluindo plantas, fungos e at\u00e9 vida oce\u00e2nica - e uns impressionantes 85% de toda a diversidade animal. Entre os insectos, as formigas ocupam um lugar particularmente fascinante, prosperando em quase todos os ecossistemas da Terra. Apesar da sua omnipresen\u00e7a, a sua hist\u00f3ria evolutiva continua a ser uma esp\u00e9cie de enigma. Em compara\u00e7\u00e3o com os 200 anos de investiga\u00e7\u00e3o sobre dinossauros, a paleontologia das formigas \u00e9 um campo relativamente jovem, com apenas cerca de 50 anos. Vamos explorar o que sabemos at\u00e9 agora sobre o percurso evolutivo das formigas.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":24784,"featured_media":11225,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[539],"tags":[486,470,488,494,490,492,489,491,495,493],"class_list":["post-11219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ant-history","tag-ant-history","tag-ant-research","tag-ants-before-evolution","tag-ants-evolution-tree","tag-evolution-of-ants-species","tag-evolution-of-ants-timeline","tag-evolution-of-fire-ants","tag-speculative-evolution-ants","tag-the-ants-after-meteorite","tag-the-ants-evolution-guide"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antcube.shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Ant-evolution_thumbnail2.png?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/antcube.shop\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/antcube.shop\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/antcube.shop\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antcube.shop\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24784"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antcube.shop\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11219"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/antcube.shop\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12604,"href":"https:\/\/antcube.shop\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11219\/revisions\/12604"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antcube.shop\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/antcube.shop\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antcube.shop\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antcube.shop\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}