Tentschert, J. and Kolmer, K. and Hoelldobler, B. and Bestmann, H. J. and Delabie, J. H. C. and Heinze, Juergen (2001) Chemical profiles, division of labor and social status in Pachycondyla queens (Hymenoptera : Formicidae). NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN, 88 (4). pp. 175-178. ISSN 0028-1042
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Queens of the neotropical ponerine ant Pachycondyla cf. 'inversa' may co-operate during colony founding. One of several co-founding queens specializes in foraging, whereas the others remain in the nest and guard the brood. Division of labor is achieved by aggressive interactions, which result in the formation of dominance hierarchies, Gas chromatography and mass spectrometry of cuticular hydrocarbons obtained from live queens by SPME revealed consistent differences between the patterns of cuticular hydrocarbons of queens with high versus low rank: only high-ranking queens showed considerable amounts of cuticular pentadecane (n-C-15) and hcptadecene (n-C-17:1). These two substances presumably originate from the queens' Dufour glands.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | CUTICULAR HYDROCARBON PATTERNS; CAMPONOTUS-VAGUS SCOP; NESTMATE RECOGNITION; ANT; |
| 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: | 08 Feb 2022 07:40 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Feb 2022 07:40 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/41607 |
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