INDIVIDUAL, GEOGRAPHICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL VARIATION OF CUTICULAR HYDROCARBONS OF THE ANT CATAGLYPHIS-CURSOR (HYMENOPTERA, FORMICIDAE) - THEIR USE IN NEST AND SUBSPECIES RECOGNITION

被引:125
作者
NOWBAHARI, E
LENOIR, A
CLEMENT, JL
LANGE, C
BAGNERES, AG
JOULIE, C
机构
[1] UNIV PARIS 06,EVOLUT LAB,F-75006 PARIS,FRANCE
[2] UNIV PARIS 13,ETHOL & SOCIOBIOL LAB,CNRS,URA 661,F-93430 VILLETANEUSE,FRANCE
[3] UNIV PARIS 06,CHIM ORGAN STRUCT LAB,CNRS,UA 455,F-75230 PARIS 05,FRANCE
关键词
aggressive behavior; Cataglyphis cursor; colonial; cuticle; Formicidae; hydrocarbons; Hymenoptera; odor; populations;
D O I
10.1016/0305-1978(90)90036-F
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The cuticular hydrocarbons of Cataglyphis cursor (Fonsc.) adults have been identified and quantified. Comparison of the proportion of hydrocarbons in various locations shows a variation between populations from each side of the Rhǒne river and an isolated population in the mountains near Madrid. In the studied area (not including Italy and eastern places) at least three subspecies have been found. Ethological analyses show that colony recognition, as indicated by aggressive behavior and the possibilities of adoption in an allen society, is correlated with the composition of cuticular hydrocarbons. Callows can be adopted in an allen colony, they can live in two colonies where the adults do not tolerate each other. These adopted callows have a hydrocarbon pattern intermediate between the patterns of the another colony and the adoptive colony. © 1990.
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页数:11
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