Timing of sperm transfer in Diacamma pallidum

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 382-387

  Allard, Diane ^a   Gobin, Bruno ^a   Billen, Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Diacamma pallidum; Formicidae; Mate guarding; Prolonged copulation; Spermatophore

Indexed keywords

ANT; COPULATION; MATE GUARDING; MATING BEHAVIOR; SPERM; SPERMATOPHORE; TEMPORAL PERIOD; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

DIACAMMA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 35848960350     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: 13653032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.2007.00590.x     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Allard, D., Borgesen, L.W., Van Hulle, M. et al 2006) Sperm transfer during mating in the pharaoh's ant, Monomorium pharaonis. Physiological Entomology, 31, 294 298.
2. Allard, D., Gobin, B., Ito, F. et al 2002) Sperm transfer in the Japanese queenless ant Diacamma sp. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Netherlands Journal of Zoology, 52, 77 86.
3. Baer, B., Morgan, E.D. Schmid-Hempel, P 2001) A non-specific fatty acid within the bumblebee mating plug prevents females from remating. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 98, 3926 3928.
4. Bourke, A. F. G. Franks, N. R 1995) Social Evolution in Ants. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey.
5. Chen, P. S 1984) The functional morphology and biochemistry of insect male accessory glands and their secretions. Annual Review of Entomology, 29, 233 255.
6. Chen, P. S., Stumm Zollinger, E., Aigaki, T. et al 1988) A male accessory gland peptide that regulates reproductive behavior of female Drosophila melanogaster. Cell, 54, 291 298.
7. Dickinson, J. L 1997) Multiple mating, sperm competition, and cryptic female choice in the leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). The Evolution of Mating Systems in Insects and Arachnids (ed. by J. C. Choe and B. J. Crespi pp. 164 183. University Press, U.K.
8. Eberhard, W. G 1985) Sexual Selection and Animal Genitalia. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
9. Franks, N. R. Hölldobler, B 1987) Sexual competition during colony reproduction in army ants. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 30, 229 243.
10. Franks, N. R., Sendova Franks, A., Sendova Vassileva, M. Vassilev, L 1991) Nuptial flights and calling behaviour in the ant Leptothorax acervorum (Fabr.). Insectes Sociaux, 38, 327 330.
11. Fukumoto, Y., Abe, T. Taki, A 1989) A novel form of colony organization in the 'queenless' ant Diacamma rugosum. Physiology and Ecology Japan, 26, 55 61.
12. Higashi, S 1983) Polygyny and nuptial flight of Formica (Formica) yessensis Forel at Ishikari Coast, Hokkaido, Japan. Insectes Sociaux, 30, 287 297.
13. Hölldobler, B 1976) The behavioral ecology of mating in harvester ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Pogonomyrmex). Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology, 1, 405 423.
14. Keller, L. Passera, L 1992) Mating system, optimal number of matings, and sperm transfer in the Argentine ant Iridomyrmex humilis. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology, 31, 359 366.
15. Keller, L. Passera, L 1993) Incest avoidance, fluctuating asymmetry, and the consequences of inbreeding in Iridomyrmex humilis, an ant with multiple queen colonies. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology, 33, 191 199.
16. Kikuta, N. Tsuji, K 1999) Queen and worker policing in the monogynous and monandrous ant, Diacamma sp. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology, 46, 180 189.
17. Melo, G. A. R., Buschini, M. L. T. Campos, L. A. O 2001) Ovarian activation in Melipona quadrifasciata queens triggered by mating plug stimulation (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Apidologie, 32, 355 361.
18. Monnin, T. Peeters, C 1998) Monogyny and regulation of worker mating in the queenless ant Dinoponera quadriceps. Animal Behavior, 55, 299 306.
19. Nakata, K., Tsuji, K., Hölldobler, B. Taki, A 1998) Sexual calling by workers using the metatibial glands in the ant, Diacamma sp., from Japan (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Journal of Insect Behavior, 11, 869 877.
20. Parker, G. A 1970) Sperm competition and its evolutionary consequences in the insects. Biological Reviews, 45, 525 567.
21. Passera, L. Keller, L 1994) Mate availability and male dispersal in the Argentine ant Linepithema humile (Mayr) (= Iridomyrmex humilis). Animal Behavior, 48, 361 369.
22. Peeters, C 1991) The occurrence of sexual reproduction among ant workers. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 44, 141 152.
23. Peeters, C. Crewe, R 1984) Insemination controls the reproductive division of labour in a ponerine ant. Naturwissenschaften, 71, 50 51.
24. Peeters, C. Higashi, S 1989) Reproductive dominance controlled by mutilation in the queenless ant Diacamma australe. Naturwissenschaften, 76, 177 180.
25. Petersen, M. Buschinger, A 1971) Das Begattungsverhalten der Pharaoameise, Monomorium pharaonis (L.). Zeitschrift für Angewandte, 68, 168 175.
26. Reichardt, A. K. Wheeler, D. E 1996) Multiple mating in the ant Acromyrmex versicolor: a case of female control. Behavioral Ecological and Sociobiology, 38, 219 225.
27. Rettenmeyer, C. W 1963) Behavioral studies of army ants. University of Kansas Science Bulletin, 44, 281 465.
28. Robertson, H. G 1995) Sperm transfer in the ant Carebara vidua F. Smith (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Insectes Sociaux, 42, 411 418.
29. Robertson, H. G. Villet, M. H 1989) Mating behavior in three species of myrmicine ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Natural History, 23, 767 773.
30. Schneirla, T. C 1949) Army-ant life and behavior under dry-season conditions, 3: the course of reproduction and colony behavior. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 94, 1 81.
31. Schneirla, T. C 1971) Army Ants. A Study in Social Organization. W.H. Freeman, San Francisco, California.
32. Sommer, K., Hölldobler, B. Rembold, H 1993) Behavioral and physiological aspects of reproductive control in a Diacamma species from Malaysia (Formicidae, Ponerinae). Ethology, 94, 162 170.
33. Ueda, T 1979) Plasticity of the reproductive behavior in a dragonfly, Sympetrum parvulum Barteneff, with reference to the social relationship of males and the density of territories. Researches on Population Ecology, 21, 135 152.
34. Waage, J. K 1979) Dual function of the damselfly penis: sperm removal and transfer. Science, 203, 916 918.
35. Wolfner, M. F 1997) Tokens of love: functions and regulation of Drosophila male accessory gland products. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 27, 179 192.