The role of workers in transferring queen substances and the differences between worker castes in the leaf-cutting ant, Acromyrmex subterraneus brunneus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

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dc.contributor.authorCamargo, Roberto S. [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorForti, Luiz Carlos [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorLopes, Juliane F. S.
dc.contributor.authorAndrade, Ana Paula P. [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorRaetano, Carlos Gilberto [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorMendonça, Cristina G. [UNESP]
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF)
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-27T11:21:58Z
dc.date.available2014-05-27T11:21:58Z
dc.date.issued2006-09-26
dc.description.abstractThe present study focused on the relationship between the queen and workers in Acromyrmex subterraneus brunneus colonies mediated by the possible transfer of substances from the fertile to the sterile caste. The queens were submitted to different situations of physical limitation, i.e., they were kept isolated in cages with holes that only permitted the entry of workers but left the queen isolated. A tracer (water-soluble dye) was applied to the pronotum and gaster of the queen and its dispersal among workers was analyzed. The results demonstrated that the minor sub caste (0.7-0.9 mm) passed on the dye through allogrooming and self-grooming, or transferred the dye through trophallaxis to the major sub caste (1.2-2.0 mm) when they were not in direct contact with the queen. These findings indicate the communication and probable transfer of substances from the queen to the workers, as well as a substance transfer between workers.en
dc.description.affiliationLaboratório de Insetos Sociais-Praga Departamento de Produção Vegetal - Setor Defesa Fitossanitária FCA/UNESP, PO Box 237, CEP 18603-970, Botucatu
dc.description.affiliationInstitute de Ciências Biológicas - ICB Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora - UFJF Campus Universitário Martelos, CEP 36036-330, Juiz de Fora
dc.description.affiliationUnespLaboratório de Insetos Sociais-Praga Departamento de Produção Vegetal - Setor Defesa Fitossanitária FCA/UNESP, PO Box 237, CEP 18603-970, Botucatu
dc.format.extent503-513
dc.identifierhttp://periodicos.uefs.br/ojs/index.php/sociobiology/issue/archive
dc.identifier.citationSociobiology, v. 48, n. 2, p. 503-513, 2006.
dc.identifier.issn0361-6525
dc.identifier.lattes6187684824965648
dc.identifier.lattes1801932562729311
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-33748864948
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/69101
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000240223900013
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofSociobiology
dc.relation.ispartofjcr0.604
dc.relation.ispartofsjr0,396
dc.rights.accessRightsAcesso restrito
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectAllogrooming
dc.subjectCommunication
dc.subjectSelf-grooming
dc.subjectAcromyrmex subterraneus brunneus
dc.subjectAtta
dc.subjectFormicidae
dc.subjectHymenoptera
dc.titleThe role of workers in transferring queen substances and the differences between worker castes in the leaf-cutting ant, Acromyrmex subterraneus brunneus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)en
dc.typeArtigo
dcterms.licensehttp://periodicos.uefs.br/ojs/index.php/sociobiology/about/submissions#copyrightNotice
unesp.author.lattes6187684824965648
unesp.author.lattes1801932562729311[5]
unesp.author.orcid0000-0001-7481-3109[3]
unesp.author.orcid0000-0001-8897-9310[5]
unesp.campusUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas, Botucatupt
unesp.departmentProdução e Melhoramento Vegetal - FCApt

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