Lucas, Christophe and Fresneau, Dominique and Kolmer, Kerstin and Heinze, Juergen and Delabie, Jacques H. C. and Pho, Dang B. (2002) A multidisciplinary approach to discriminating different taxa in the species complex Pachycondyla villosa (Formicidae). BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY, 75 (2). pp. 249-259. ISSN 0024-4066, 1095-8312
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A multidisciplinary approach provides new evidence that strongly supports the differentiation of three taxa previously confounded in a single species, Pachycondyla villosa. All specimens studied were collected in the same location at Ilheus, Bahia, Brazil. Bivariate plots of petiole heights vs. petiole lengths and isozyme patterns clearly differentiate the three taxa, Chain lengths and chemical structures of cuticular hydrocarbons are characteristic of each taxon. This congruent evidence shows that there are three different valid species. Ecological hypotheses are discussed to explain the benefits of these species remaining sympatric. (C) 2002 The Linnean Society of London. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2002.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | CUTICULAR HYDROCARBON PATTERNS; NEOTROPICAL PONERINE ANT; DROSOPHILA-MELANOGASTER; NESTMATE RECOGNITION; INSECT HYDROCARBONS; PHYSICAL-PROPERTIES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; GENETIC-VARIATION; LIPID-COMPOSITION; MASS-SPECTRA; ants; cuticular hydrocarbons; isozymes; morphometry; Pachycondyla inversa; Pachycondyla subversa; Pachycondyla villosa; Ponerinae; sympatry; taxonomy |
| Subjects: | 500 Science > 590 Zoological sciences |
| Divisions: | Biology, Preclinical Medicine > Institut für Zoologie > Zoologie/Evolutionsbiologie (Prof. Dr. Jürgen Heinze) |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Nov 2021 10:54 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Nov 2021 10:54 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/40608 |
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