The Trail Pheromone of the Venomous Samsum Ant, Pachycondyla sennaarensis

Ant species use branching networks of pheromone trails for orientation between nest and resources. The current study demonstrated that workers of the venomous samsum ant, Pachycondyla sennaarensis (Mayr) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae), employ recruitment trail pheromones discharged from the Du...

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Autores principales: Mashaly, Ashraf Mohamed Ali, Ahmed, Ashraf Mohamed, Al—Abdullah, Mosa Abdullah, Al—Khalifa, Mohamed Saleh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: University of Wisconsin Library 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3281317/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21529253
http://dx.doi.org/10.1673/031.011.0131
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Sumario:Ant species use branching networks of pheromone trails for orientation between nest and resources. The current study demonstrated that workers of the venomous samsum ant, Pachycondyla sennaarensis (Mayr) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae), employ recruitment trail pheromones discharged from the Dufour's gland. Secretions of other abdomen complex glands, as well as hindgut gland secretions, did not evoke trail following. The optimum concentration of trail pheromone was found to be 0.1 gland equivalent/40 cm trail. This concentration demonstrated effective longevity for about one hour. This study also showed that P. sennaarensis and Tapinoma simrothi each respond to the trail pheromones of the other species as well as their own.

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