Aggregation and adult transportation in disturbed colonies of Wasmannia auropunctata Roger (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 200-201

  Feitosa, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alkylpyrazine; Ants; Colony disturbance; Reorganization; Wasmannia auropunctata

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; AGGREGATION PHEROMONE; ANT; ANTENNA; COLONY FOUNDING; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; QUEEN; WORKER CASTE;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; WASMANNIA AUROPUNCTATA;

EID: 34248232116     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-007-0928-7     Document Type: Article

References (7)

1. Brandäo C.R.F. and Silva R.R. 2006. Synecology of Wasmannia auropunctata, an invasive ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), in continuous and fragmented areas in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. In: Invasive Forest Insects, Introduced Forest Trees, and Altered Ecosystems: Ecological Pest Management in Global Forest of a Changing World (Payne T., Ed), Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands. pp 141-151
2. Fisher B.L. 1999. Improving inventory efficiency: a case study of leaf-litter ant diversity in Madagascar. Ecol. Appl. 9: 714-731
3. Howard D.F., Blum M.S., Jones T.H. and Tomalski M.D. 1982. Behavioral responses to an alkylpyrazine from the mandibular gland of the ant Wasmannia auropunctata. Insect. Soc. 29: 369-374
4. Möglich M. and Hölldobler B. 1974. Social carrying behavior and division of labor during nest moving ants. Psyche 81: 219-236
5. Passera L. 1994. Characteristics of tramp species. In: Exotic Ants: Biology, Impact, and Control of Introduced Species (Williams D.F., Ed), Westview Press, Boulder, Colorado. pp 23-43
6. Wetterer J.K. and Porter S.D. 2003. The little fire ant, Wasmannia auropunctata: distribution, impact, and control. Sociobiology 42: 1-41
7. Williams D.F. 1994. Exotic Ants: Biology, Impact, and Control of Introduced Species. Westview Press, Boulder, Colorado. 332 pp