Nest odour in the ant Myrmica rubra

Biologia

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 509-523

  Cammaerts, Marie Claire ^a   Cammaerts, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ant; Metapleural glands; Myrmica rubra; Nest moving; Nest odour; Postpharyngeal gland

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; MYRMICA RUBRA;

EID: 17544376385     PISSN: 00063088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. ABRAHAM, M., DENEUBOURG, J.-L. & PASTEELS, J-M. 1984. Idiosyncrasie lors du déménagement de Myrmica rubra L. (Hymenoptera - Formicidae). Actes Coll. Insect. Soc. 1: 19-25.
2. ABRAHAM, M. & PASTEELS, J.-M. 1980. Social behaviour during nest moving in the ant Myrmica rubra (Hym. Form.). Insect. Soc. 27: 127-147.
3. ATTYGALE, A. B., SIEGEL, B., VOSTROWSKY, O., BESTMANN, H. J. & MASCHWITZ, U. 1989. Chemical composition and function of the metapleural gland secretion in the ant, Crematogaster deformis Smith (Hymenoptera: Myrmicinae). J. chem. Ecol. 15 (1): 317-329.
4. BEATTIE, A. J., TURNBULL, C. L., HOUGH, T. & KNOX, R. B. 1986. Antibiotic production: A possible function for the metapleural glands of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer. 79: 448-450.
5. BILLEN, J. & ITO, F. 1997. Occurrence of exocrine glands in the legs of ants. In: Proceedings of the 4th Benelux-Congress of Zoology, Utrecht, 14-15 November 1997.
6. BILLEN, J. & MORGAN, E. D. 1998. Pheromone communication in social insects: Sources and secretions, pp. 3-33. In: VAN DER MEER, R. K., BREED, M. D., ESPELIE, K. E. & WINSTON, M. L. (eds) Pheromone communication in social insects, Westview Press.
7. BUTLER, C. G., FLETCHER, D. J. C. & WATLER, D. 1969. Nest-entrance marking with pheromones by the honeybee Apis mellifera L., and by a wasp, Vespula vulgaris L. Anim. Behav. 17: 142-147.
8. CAMMAERTS, M.-C. & CAMMAERTS, R. 1998. Marking of nest entrance vicinity in the ant Pheidole pallidula (Formicidae, Myrmicinae). Behav. Proc. 42: 19-31.
9. CAMMAERTS, M.-C. & CAMMAERTS, R. 1999. Marking of nest entrances and vicinity in the ant Myrmica rubra. Biologia, Bratislava 54: 553-566.
10. CAMMAERTS-TRICOT, M.-C. 1974. Recrutement d'ouvrières, chez Myrmica rubra, par les phéromones de l'appareil àvenin. Behaviour 50: 111-122.
11. CAMMAERTS-TRICOT, M.-C., MORGAN, E. D. & TYLER, R. C. 1977. Territorial marking in the ant Myrmica rubra L. (Formicidae). Biol. Behav. 2: 263-272.
12. CAMMAERTS, M.-C., VERHAEGHE, J-C., CAMMAERTS, R. & LESSEUX, R. 1991. A hitherto unknown ethological factor in the ant Tetramorium impuTum (Myrmicinae). Behav. Proc. 23: 193-203.
13. CHAUVIN, R. 1962. Sur Pépagine et sur les glandes tarsales d' Arnhart. Insect. Soc. 9: 1-5.
14. DAHBI, A., JAISSON, P., LENOIR, A. & HEFETZ, A. 1998. Comment les fourmis partagent leur odeur. La Recherche 314: 32-34.
15. DEJEAN, A., MASSENS, D., KANIKA, K., NSUDI, M. & BUKA, M. 1984. Première approche des modalités du retour au nid chez les ouvrières chasseresses d'Odontomachus troglodytes Santschi (Formicidae, Ponerinae). Actes Coll. Insect. Soc. 1: 39-47.
16. Do NASCIMENTO, R. R., SCHOETERS, E., MORGAN, E. D., BILLEN, J. & STRADLING, D. J. 1996. Chemistry of the metapleural gland secretions of three Attine ants, Atta sexdens rubropilosa, Atta cephalotes, and Acromyrmex octospinosus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J. chem. Ecol. 22: 987-1000.
17. ESPELIE, K. E., WENZEL, J. W. & CHANG, G. 1990. Surface lipids of social wasp Polistes metricus Say and its nest and nest pedicel and their relation to nestmate recognition. J. chem. Ecol. 16: 2229-2241.
18. HANGARTNER, W., REICHSON, J. M. & WILSON, E. O. 1970. Orientation to nest material by the ant, Pogonomyrmex badius (Latreille). Anim. Behav. 18: 331-334.
19. HöLLDOBLER, B. 1984. Communication during foraging and nest-relocation in the African stink ant, Paltothyreus tarsatus Fabr. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Ponerinae). Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie 65: 40-52.
20. HöLLDOBLER, B. & MICHENER, C. D. 1980. Mechanisms of identification and discrimination in Social Hymenoptera, pp. 35-58. In: MARKL, H. (ed.) Evolution of social behaviour: hypothesis and empirical tests, Verlag Chemie, Weinheim.
21. HöLLDOBLER, B. & PALMER, J. 1989. Footprint glands in Amblyopone australis (Formicidae, Ponerinae). Psyche 96: 111-121.
22. HöLLDOBLER, B. & TAYLOR, R. W. 1983. A behavioural study of the primitive ant Nothomyrmecia macrops Clark. Insect. Soc. 30: 384-401.
23. HöLLDOBLER, B. & WILSON, E. O. 1990. The Ants. The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass., 732 pp.
24. HUBBARD, M. D. 1974. Influence of nest material and colony odour on digging in the ant Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J. Georgia Ent. Soc. 9: 127-132.
25. JAFFE, K., LOPEZ, M. E. & ARAGORT, W. 1986. On the communication systems of the ants Pseudomyrmex termitarius and P. triplarinus. Insect. Soc. 33: 105-117.
26. JAFFE, K. & MARQUEZ, M. 1987. On agonistic behaviour among workers of the ponerine ant Ectatomma ruidum (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Insect. Soc. 34: 87-95.
27. JESSEN, K. & MASCHWITZ, U. 1986. Orientation and recruitment behaviour in the ponerine ant Pachycondyla tesserinoda (Emery): laying of individualspecific trails during tandem running. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 19: 151-155.
28. LAHAV, S., SOROKER, V. & HEFETZ, A. 1999. Direct behavioral evidence for hydrocarbons as ant recognition discriminators. Naturwissenshaften 86: 246-249.
29. MASCHWITZ, U. 1974. Vergleichende Untersuchungen zur Funktion der Ameisenmetathorakaldrüse. Oecologia 16: 303-310.
30. MASCHWITZ, U., KOOB, K. & SCHILDKNECHT, H. 1970. Ein Beitrag zur Funktion der Metathorakaldrttse der Ameisen. J. Insect Physiol. 16: 387-404.
31. MOREL, L., VAN DER MEER, R. K. & LANVINE, B. K. 1988. Ontogeny of resident recognition cues in the red carpenter ant (Camponotus floridanus). Behavioural and chemical evidence for the role of age and social experience. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 22: 175-183.
32. SIEGEL, S. 1956. Nonparametric statistics for the behaviour sciences. Me Graw-Hill Kogakusha, Ltd xvii + 312 pp.
33. SOROKER, V., VIENNE, C. & HEFETZ, A. 1994. The postpharyngeal gland as a "gestalt" organ for nestmate recognition in the ant Cataglyphis niger. Naturwissenschaften 81: 510-513.
34. SOROKER, V., VIENNE, C. & HEFETZ, A. 1995. Hydrocarbon dynamics within and between nestmates in Cataglyphis niger (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J. chem. Ecol. 31: 365-378.
35. SOROKER, V., FRESNEAU, D. & HEFETZ, A. 1998. Formation of colony odor in Ponerine ant Pachycondyla apicalis. J. chem. Ecol. 24: 1077-1090.
36. VIENNE, C., SOROKER, V. & HEFETZ, A. 1995. Congruency of hydrocarbon patterns in heterospecific groups of ants: transfer and/or biosynthesis? Insect. Soc. 42: 267-277.