A conserved fertility signal despite population variation in the cuticular chemical profile of the trap-jaw ant Odontomachus brunneus

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 3917-3924

  Smith, Adrian A ^a   Millar, Jocelyn G ^b   Hanks, Lawrence M ^a   Suarez, Andrew V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cuticular hydrocarbons; Fertility signal; Nestmate recognition; Phenotypic variation; Pheromone

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON; PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CUTICULAR HYDROCARBONS; FERTILITY; FERTILITY SIGNAL; HISTOLOGY; INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM; JAW; METABOLISM; NESTING; NESTMATE RECOGNITION; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

CUTICULAR HYDROCARBONS; FERTILITY SIGNAL; NESTMATE RECOGNITION; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PHEROMONE;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; FERTILITY; HYDROCARBONS; INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM; JAW; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PHEROMONES; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 84884838588     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.089482     Document Type: Article

References (49)

1. Akino, T., Terayama, M., Wakamura, S. and Yamaoka, R. (2002). Intraspecific variation of cuticular hydrocarbon composition in Formica japonica Motschoulsky (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zool. Sci. 19, 1155-1165. (Pubitemid 36225094)
2. Blomquist, G. C. and Bagnères, A.-G. (2010). Insect Hydrocarbons: Biology, Biochemistry, and Chemical Ecology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
3. Brandt, M., van Wilgenburg, E., Sulc, R., Shea, K. J. and Tsutsui, N. D. (2009). The scent of supercolonies: the discovery, synthesis and behavioural verification of ant colony recognition cues. BMC Biol. 7, 71.
4. Carlson, D. A., Mayer, M. S., Silhacek, D. L., James, J. D., Beroza, M. and Bierl, B. A. (1971). Sex attractant pheromone of the house fly: isolation, identification and synthesis. Science 174, 76-78.
5. Carlson, D. A., Bernier, U. R. and Sutton, B. D. (1998). Elution patterns from capillary GC for methyl-branched alkanes. J. Chem. Ecol. 24, 1845-1865. (Pubitemid 28546054)
6. Cournault, L. and de Biseau, J. C. (2009). Hierarchical perception of fertility signals and nestmate recognition cues in two dolichoderine ants. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 63, 1635-1641.
7. Dahbi, A., Cerda, X., Hefetz, A. and Lenoir, A. (1996). Social closure, aggressive behavior, and cuticular hydrocarbon profiles in the polydomous ant Cataglyphis iberica (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). J. Chem. Ecol. 22, 2173-2186. (Pubitemid 27049638)
8. Dapporto, L., Theodora, P., Spacchini, C., Pieraccini, G. and Turillazzi, S. (2004). Rank and epicuticular hydrocarbons in different populations of the paper wasp Polistes dominulus (Christ) (Hymenoptera, Vespidae). Insectes Soc. 51, 279-286. (Pubitemid 39147589)
9. Denis, D., Blatrix, R. and Fresneau, D. (2006). How an ant manages to display individual and colonial signals by using the same channel. J. Chem. Ecol. 32, 1647-1661. (Pubitemid 44221407)
10. Deyrup, M. and Cover, S. (2004). A new species of Odontomachus ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from inland ridges of Florida, with a key to Odontomachus of the United States. Fla. Entomol. 87, 136-144. (Pubitemid 38819062)
11. Evison, S. E. F., Ferreira, R. S., D'Ettorre, P., Fresneau, D. and Poteaux, C. (2012). Chemical signature and reproductive status in the facultatively polygynous ant Pachycondyla verenae. J. Chem. Ecol. 38, 1441-1449.
12. Ferveur, J. F. (2005). Cuticular hydrocarbons: their evolution and roles in Drosophila pheromonal communication. Behav. Genet. 35, 279-295.
13. Ferveur, J. F. and Cobb, M. (2010). Behavioral and evolutionary roles of cuticular hydrocarbons in Diptera. In Insect Hydrocarbons: Biology, Biochemistry and Chemcial Ecology (ed. G. J. Blomquist and A. G. Bagnères), pp. 325-343. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
14. Ginzel, M. D. (2010). Hydrocarbons as contact pheromones of longhorned beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). In Insect Hydrocarbons: Biology, Biochemistry and Chemical Ecology (ed. G. J. Blomquist and A. G. Bagnères), pp. 375-389. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
15. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Ginzel, M. D., Moreira, J. A., Ray, A. M., Millar, J. G. and Hanks, L. M. (2006). (Z)-9-nonacosene-major component of the contact sex pheromone of the beetle Megacyllene caryae. J. Chem. Ecol. 32, 435-451.
16. Greene, M. J. and Gordon, D. M. (2007). Structural complexity of chemical recognition cues affects the perception of group membership in the ants Linephithema humile and Aphaenogaster cockerelli. J. Exp. Biol. 210, 897-905. (Pubitemid 46569820)
17. Guerrieri, F. J., Nehring, V., Jorgensen, C. G., Nielsen, J., Galizia, C. G. and d'Ettorre, P. (2009). Ants recognize foes and not friends. Proc. R. Soc. B 276, 2461-2468.
18. Higgie, M., Chenoweth, S. and Blows, M. W. (2000). Natural selection and the reinforcement of mate recognition. Science 290, 519-521.
19. Holman, L. (2012). Costs and constraints conspire to produce honest signaling: insights from an ant queen pheromone. Evolution 66, 2094-2105.
20. Holman, L., Jorgensen, C. G., Nielsen, J. and d'Ettorre, P. (2010). Identification of an ant queen pheromone regulating worker sterility. Proc. R. Soc. B 277, 3793-3800.
21. Holman, L., Lanfear, R. and d'Ettorre, P. (2013). The evolution of queen pheromones in the ant genus Lasius. J. Evol. Biol. 26, 1549-1558.
22. Howard, R. W. and Blomquist, G. J. (2005). Ecological, behavioral, and biochemical aspects of insect hydrocarbons. Annu. Rev. Entomol. 50, 371-393.
23. Le Conte, Y. and Hefetz, A. (2008). Primer pheromones in social hymenoptera. Annu. Rev. Entomol. 53, 523-542. (Pubitemid 351341953)
24. Liebig, J. (2010). Hydrocarbon profiles indicate fertility and dominance status in ant, bee, and wasp colonies. In Insect Hydrocarbons: Biology, Biochemistry and Chemical Ecology (ed. G. J. Blomquist and A. G. Bagnères), pp. 254-281. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
25. Lockey, K. H. (1988). Lipids of the insect cuticle: origin, composition and function. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 89B, 595-645.
26. Lucas, C., Fresneau, D., Kolmer, K., Heinze, J., Delabie, J. H. C. and Pho, D. B. (2002). A multidisciplinary approach to discriminating different taxa in the species complex Pachycondyla villosa (Formicidae). Biol. J. Linn. Soc. Lond. 75, 249-259.
27. Martin, S. J. and Drijfhout, F. P. (2009). A review of ant cuticular hydrocarbons. J. Chem. Ecol. 35, 1151-1161.
28. Martin, S. J., Helanterä, H. and Drijfhout, F. P. (2008a). Colony-specific hydrocarbons identify nest mates in two species of Formica ant. J. Chem. Ecol. 34, 1072-1080.
29. Martin, S. J., Helantera, H. and Drijfhout, F. P. (2008b). Evolution of species-specific cuticular hydrocarbon patterns in Formica ants. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. Lond. 95, 131-140.
30. Martin, S. J., Vitikainen, E., Helantera, H. and Drijfhout, F. P. (2008c). Chemical basis of nest-mate discrimination in the ant Formica exsecta. Proc. R. Soc. B 275, 1271-1278. (Pubitemid 351581477)
31. Martin, S. J., Vitikainen, E., Drijfhout, F. P. and Jackson, D. (2012). Conspecific ant aggression is correlated with chemical distance, but not with genetic or spatial distance. Behav. Genet. 42, 323-331.
32. Menzel, F., Blüthgen, N. and Schmitt, T. (2008). Tropical parabiotic ants: highly unusual cuticular substances and low interspecific discrimination. Front. Zool. 5, 16.
33. Millar, J. G. (2010). Chemical synthesis of insect cuticular hydrocarbons. In Insect Hydrocarbons: Biology, Biochemistry and Chemical Ecology (ed. G. J. Blomquist and A. G. Bagnères), pp. 163-186. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
34. Monnin, T. (2006). Chemical recognition of reproductive status in social insects. Ann. Zool. Fenn. 43, 515-530. (Pubitemid 46224582)
35. Moore, D. and Liebig, J. (2010). Mixed messages: fertility signaling interferes with nestmate recognition in the monogynous ant Camponotus floridanus. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 64, 1011-1018.
36. Nowbahari, E., Lenoir, A., Clement, J. L., Lange, C., Bagnères, A. G. and Joulie, C. (1990). Individual, geographical and experimental variation of cuticular hydrocarbons of the ant Cataglyphis cursor (Hymenoptera, Formicidae): their use in nest and subspecies recognition. Biochem. Syst. Ecol. 18, 63-73.
37. Ozaki, M., Wada-Katsumata, A., Fujikawa, K., Iwasaki, M., Yokohari, F., Satoji, Y., Nisimura, T. and Yamaoka, R. (2005). Ant nestmate and non-nestmate discrimination by a chemosensory sensillum. Science 309, 311-314. (Pubitemid 40967870)
38. Peeters, C. and Liebig, J. (2009). Fertility signaling as a general mechanism of regulating reproductive division of labor in ants. In Organization of Insect Societies: From Genome to Sociocomplexity (ed. J. Gadau and J. Fewell). Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
39. Powell, S. and Tschinkel, W. R. (1999). Ritualized conflict in Odontomachus brunneus and the generation of interaction-based task allocation: a new organizational mechanism in ants. Anim. Behav. 58, 965-972.
40. Savarit, F., Sureau, G., Cobb, M. and Ferveur, J. F. (1999). Genetic elimination of known pheromones reveals the fundamental chemical bases of mating and isolation in Drosophila. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 96, 9015-9020. (Pubitemid 29374699)
41. Smith, A. A., Hölldobler, B. and Liebig, J. (2008). Hydrocarbon signals explain the pattern of worker and egg policing in the ant Aphaenogaster cockerelli. J. Chem. Ecol. 34, 1275-1282.
42. Smith, A. A., Hölldober, B. and Liebig, J. (2009). Cuticular hydrocarbons reliably identify cheaters and allow enforcement of altruism in a social insect. Curr. Biol. 19, 78-81.
43. Smith, A. A., Millar, J. G., Hanks, L. M. and Suarez, A. V. (2012). Experimental evidence that workers recognize reproductives through cuticular hydrocarbons in the ant Odontomachus brunneus. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 66, 1267-1276.
44. Spagna, J. C., Schelkopf, A., Carrillo, T. and Suarez, A. V. (2009). Evidence of behavioral co-option from context-dependent variation in mandible use in trap-jaw ants (Odontomachus spp.). Naturwissenschaften 96, 243-250.
45. Sturgis, S. J. and Gordon, D. M. (2012). Nestmate recognition in ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): a review. Myrmecol. News 16, 101-110.
46. Suarez, A. V., Holway, D. A., Liang, D. S., Tsutsui, N. D. and Case, T. J. (2002). Spatiotemporal patterns of intraspecific aggression in the invasive Argentine ant. Anim. Behav. 64, 697-708. (Pubitemid 35371665)
47. van Wilgenburg, E., Sulc, R., Shea, K. J. and Tsutsui, N. D. (2010). Deciphering the chemical basis of nestmate recognition. J. Chem. Ecol. 36, 751-758.
48. van Zweden, J. S. and d'Ettorre, P. (2010). Nestmate recognition in social insects and the role of hydrocarbons. In Insect Hydrocarbons: Biology, Biochemistry and Chemical Ecology (ed. G. J. Blomquist and A. G. Bagnères), pp. 222-243. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
49. Wicker-Thomas, C. and Chertemps, T. (2010). Molecular biology and genetics of hydrocarbon production. In Insect Hydrocarbons: Biology, Biochemistry and Chemical Ecology (ed. G. J. Blomquist and A. G. Bagnères), pp. 53-74. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.