The influence of red light on the aggregation of two castes of the ant, Lasius niger

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 629-635

  Depickère, Stéphanie ^a,b   Fresneau, Dominique ^b   Deneubourg, Jean Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Behavior; Lasius niger; Polyethism; Red light perception

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; ANT; LIGHT QUALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANT; ARTICLE; COLOR; COLOR VISION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COOPERATION; DARKNESS; LIGHT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COLOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DARKNESS; LIGHT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS;

FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LASIUS; LASIUS NIGER;

EID: 3042697331     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2004.04.009     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Ben-Shalar Y., Leung H.-T., Pak W.L., Sokolowski M.B., Robinson G.E. cGMP-dependent changes in phototaxis: a possible role for the foraging gene in honey bee division of labor. Journal of Experimental Biology. 206:2003;2507-2515
2. Bhatkar A.P., Whitcomb W.H. Artificial diet for rearing various species of ants. Florida Entomologist. 53:1970;29-232
3. Depickère S., Fresneau D., Deneubourg J.-L. A basis for spatial and social patterns in ant species: dynamics and mechanisms of aggregation. Journal of Insect Behavior. 17:2004a;81-98
4. Depickère S., Fresneau D., Deneubourg J.-L. Dynamics of aggregation in Lasius niger (Formicidae): influence of polyethism. Insectes Sociaux. 51:2004b;81-90
5. Depickère, S., Fresneau, D., Detrain, C., Deneubourg, J.-L., 2004c. Marking as a decision factor in the choice of a new resting site in Lasius niger. Insectes Sociaux 51 (in press).
6. Fent K., Wehner R. Ocelli: a celestial compass in the desert ant Cataglyphis. Science. 228:1985;192-194
7. Giurfa M., Vorobyev M., Kevan P., Menzel R. Detection of coloured stimuli by honeybees; the role of chromatic and achromatic contrast. Journal of Comparative Physiology, A. 178:1996;699-709
8. Goodman L.J. The structure and function of the insect dorsal ocellus. Advances in Insect Physiology. 7:1970;97-195
9. Goodman L.J. Organisation and physiology of the insect dorsal ocellar system. Autrum H. Handbook of Sensory Physiology. vol. VII/6C:1981;201-286 Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg and New York
10. Hill P.S.M., Hollis J., Wells H. Foraging decisions in nectarivores: unexpected interactions between flower constancy and energetic rewards. Animal Behaviour. 62:2001;729-737
11. Jaisson P. The construction of fellowship between nestmates in social Hymenoptera. Experientia Supplementum (Behavior in Social Insects). 54:1987;313-331
12. Jander R. Die optische Richtungsorientierung der Roten Waldameise (Formica rufa L.). Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Physiologie. 40:1957;162-238
13. Jeanson R., Deneubourg J.-L., Grimal A., Theraulaz G. Collective decision-making during refuge site selection by the ant Messor barbarus. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 55:2004;388-394
14. Jensen, J.J., 2003. Available from http:/www.durst-pro-usa.com/ quality_of_light.htm.
15. Lazzari C.R., Reiseman C.E., Insausti T.C. The role of the ocelli in the phototactic behaviour of the haematophagous bug Triatoma infestans. Journal of Insect Physiology. 44:1998;1159-1162
16. Lenoir A. Le comportement alimentaire et la division du travail chez la fourmi Lasius niger (L.). Bulletin Biologique de la France et de la Belgique. CXIII:(2-3):1979;1-314
17. Lenoir A., Ataya H. Polyéthisme et répartition des niveaux d'activité chez la fourmi Lasius niger L. Zeitschrift fur Tierpsychologie. 63:1983;213-232
18. Lenoir A., Mardon J.-C. Note sur l'application de l'analyse des correspondances à la division du travail chez les fourmis. Compte Rendu de l'Académie des Sciences de Paris. 287:1978;555-558
19. Marak G.E., Wolken J.J. An action spectrum for the fire ant (Solenopsis saevissima). Nature. 205:1965;1328-1329
20. Menzel R., Backhaus W. Colour vision in insects. Gouras P. Vision and Visual Dysfunction. The Perception of Colour. 1991;262-288 Macmillan Press, London
21. Meyer E.P., Domanico V. Microvillar orientation in the photoreceptors of the ant Cataglyphis bicolor. Cell Tissue Research. 295:1999;355-361
22. Mizunami M. Information processing in the insect ocellar system: comparative approaches to the evolution of visual processing and neural circuits. Advances in Insect Physiology. 25:1994;151-265
23. Mizunami M. Functional diversity of neural organization in insect ocellar systems. Vision Research. 35:1995;443-452
24. Mote M.I., Wehner R. Functional characteristics of photoreceptors in the compound eye and ocellus of the desert ant, Cataglyphis bicolor. Journal of Comparative Physiology. 137:1980;63-71
25. Pappas L.G., Eaton J.L. The internal ocellus of Manduca sexta: electroretinogram and spectral sensitivity. Journal of Insect Physiology. 23:1977;11-12
26. Rossel S., Wehner R. Celestial orientation in bees: the use of spectral cues. Journal of Comparative Physiology, A. 155:1984;605-613
27. Santschi F. L'orientation sidérale des fourmis, et quelques considérations sur leurs différentes possibilités d'orientation. Mémoires de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles. 1:1923;137-176
28. Srinivasan M.V., Lehrer M. Spatial acuity of honeybee vision and its spectral properties. Journal of Comparative Physiology, A. 162:1988;159-172
29. von Frisch K. Der Farbensinn und Formensinn der Biene. Zoologische Jahrbücher (Physiology). 35:1914;1-188
30. Wehner R. Astronavigation in insects. Annual Review of Entomology. 29:1984;277-298
31. Wehner R., Flatt I. The visual orientation of desert ants, Cataglyphis bicolor, by means of terrestrial cues. Wehner R. Information Processing in the Visual Systems of Arthropods. 1972;295-302 Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York
32. Wehner R., Räber F.W. Visual spatial memory in desert ants, Cataglyphis bicolor (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Experientia. 35:1979;1569-1571
33. Wehner R., Michel B., Antonsen P. Visual navigation in insects: coupling of egocentric and geocentric information. Journal of Experimental Biology. 199:1996;129-140
34. Wehrahn C. Ocellar vision and orientation in flies. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B. 222:1984;409-411
35. Wheeler W.M. Ants: Their Structure, Development and Behavior. 1910;Columbia University Press, New York
36. Wilson E.O. The Insect Societies. 1971;The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA
37. Wu C.Y., Lin J.T. Spectral sensitivity of the compound eye of moth (Heliothis armigera). Chinese Journal of Entomology. 10:1990;151-158
38. Yang I.F., Lin J.T., Wu C.Y. Spectral sensitivity of the compound eye in the green lacewing, Mallada basalis (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae). Chinese Journal of Entomology. 18:1998;117-126