کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
4524947 1323600 2010 4 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Monomorium ant's trail pheromones: Glandular source, optimal concentration, longevity and specificity
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علوم کشاورزی و بیولوژیک علوم دامی و جانورشناسی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Monomorium ant's trail pheromones: Glandular source, optimal concentration, longevity and specificity
چکیده انگلیسی

Many ants use pheromone trails to organize collective foraging. Trail pheromones are produced from different glandular sources and they may be specific to a single species or shared by a number of species. I investigated the source of trail pheromones in three Monomorium ant species: Monomorium niloticum (Emery), M. najrane (Collingwood & Agosti) and M. mayri (Forel). I also examined the optimal concentration, longevity and specificity of the pheromones. M. niloticum and M. najrane secrete trail pheromone from their venom glands, whereas M. mayri secrete trail pheromone from its Dufour's gland. The optimum concentration was 1.0 and 0.1 gaster equivalent (GE)/30 cm trail in M. niloticum, 1.0 GE in M. najrane and 5.0 GE in M. mayri. Longevity of the optimal concentration was about one day for all species. There is no species specificity among the three species of Monomorium in their trail pheromone.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology - Volume 13, Issue 1, March 2010, Pages 23–26
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