Poucos estudos evidenciam a fauna de insetos colonizadora de cadáveres de animais silvestres, todavia, as formigas são consideradas um importante táxon na colonização cadavérica. Apresentamos o primeiro registro de indivíduos de Cephalotes atratus se alimentando de um cadáver recém morto de Leptodactylus vastus, anfíbio anuro endêmico da América do Sul.
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