Suefuji, Masaki and Heinze, Juergen (2015) Degenerate slave-makers, but nevertheless slave-makers? Host worker relatedness in the ant Myrmoxenus kraussei. INTEGRATIVE ZOOLOGY, 10 (2). pp. 182-185. ISSN 1749-4877, 1749-4869
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Socially parasitic ants of the formicoxenine genus Myrmoxenus exhibit considerable diversity in colony structure and life history. While some species are active slave-makers with many workers and others are workerless murder-parasites,' Myrmoxenus kraussei is considered as a degenerate slave-maker' because of its very low worker numbers. Here, we document that Temnothorax recedens host workers in single colonies of M. kraussei from Lago di Garda, Italy, exhibit significantly more genetic diversity than workers in unparasitized colonies. This raises the possibility that, despite its low worker numbers, M. kraussei may actively engage in slave raids in nature.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | LEPTOTHORAX NYLANDERI; EPIMYRMA-RAVOUXI; LIFE-HISTORY; MAKING ANTS; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MORPHOLOGY; dulosis; nestmate relatedness; Myrmoxenus; social parasitism; slave-making |
| Subjects: | 500 Science > 570 Life sciences 500 Science > 590 Zoological sciences |
| Divisions: | Biology, Preclinical Medicine > Institut für Zoologie Biology, Preclinical Medicine > Institut für Zoologie > Zoologie/Evolutionsbiologie (Prof. Dr. Jürgen Heinze) |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Jul 2019 11:35 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Jul 2019 11:35 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/5885 |
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