HERMETISM VARIATION IN Camponotus morosus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) WITH THE AGE OF HOMOSPECIFIC INTRUDING ANTS

ABSTRACT Ants present hermetism, that is, they recognize and discriminate individuals alien to the colony, even at a homospecific level, which results in aggressive reactions against intruders, varying with their age. To evaluate the importance of this factor, transfers of homospecific larvae, pupae...

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Autores principales:	Ipinza-Regla,Joaquín, Covacevich,Alejandra, Araya,Jaime E.
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Universidad de Concepción. Facultad de Agronomía, Facultad de Ingeniería Agricola y Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias 2019
Materias:	Ant hermetism homospecific hermetism
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0719-389020190001000902019-09-03HERMETISM VARIATION IN Camponotus morosus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) WITH THE AGE OF HOMOSPECIFIC INTRUDING ANTSIpinza-Regla,JoaquínCovacevich,AlejandraAraya,Jaime E. Ant hermetism homospecific hermetism ABSTRACT Ants present hermetism, that is, they recognize and discriminate individuals alien to the colony, even at a homospecific level, which results in aggressive reactions against intruders, varying with their age. To evaluate the importance of this factor, transfers of homospecific larvae, pupae and 2- and 8-h-old adults of Camponotus morosus Smith were carried out. All the transferred larvae developed into pupae, and later into adults, but only 20% of these survived 15 d in the receiving nests. The transferred pupae were attacked and killed in 8 d. The transfer of 2-d and 8-h old adults produced 70 and 30% acceptance, respectively. These results indicate that adults begin to develop their own odor earlier than 2-d of age. The age of the intruder was determinant in its acceptance of C. morosus homospecific resident ants, as indicated in a 1-way ANOVA (p = 0.0001). The adults that survived the transfer of larvae were later reintroduced into their original nests; 37.5% of them were accepted, compared with 65% acceptance for 2- and 8-h old adults reintroduced, indicating that there is a strong genetic influence in the development of their own smell, that would allow adults to be recognized as belonging to the nest. The fact that not all the males were accepted can be explained by the influence of the odor acquired in the receiving nest.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessUniversidad de Concepción. Facultad de Agronomía, Facultad de Ingeniería Agricola y Facultad de Ciencias VeterinariasChilean journal of agricultural & animal sciences v.35 n.1 20192019-05-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0719-38902019000100090en10.4067/S0719-38902019005000204
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language	English
topic	Ant hermetism homospecific hermetism
spellingShingle	Ant hermetism homospecific hermetism Ipinza-Regla,Joaquín Covacevich,Alejandra Araya,Jaime E. HERMETISM VARIATION IN Camponotus morosus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) WITH THE AGE OF HOMOSPECIFIC INTRUDING ANTS
description	ABSTRACT Ants present hermetism, that is, they recognize and discriminate individuals alien to the colony, even at a homospecific level, which results in aggressive reactions against intruders, varying with their age. To evaluate the importance of this factor, transfers of homospecific larvae, pupae and 2- and 8-h-old adults of Camponotus morosus Smith were carried out. All the transferred larvae developed into pupae, and later into adults, but only 20% of these survived 15 d in the receiving nests. The transferred pupae were attacked and killed in 8 d. The transfer of 2-d and 8-h old adults produced 70 and 30% acceptance, respectively. These results indicate that adults begin to develop their own odor earlier than 2-d of age. The age of the intruder was determinant in its acceptance of C. morosus homospecific resident ants, as indicated in a 1-way ANOVA (p = 0.0001). The adults that survived the transfer of larvae were later reintroduced into their original nests; 37.5% of them were accepted, compared with 65% acceptance for 2- and 8-h old adults reintroduced, indicating that there is a strong genetic influence in the development of their own smell, that would allow adults to be recognized as belonging to the nest. The fact that not all the males were accepted can be explained by the influence of the odor acquired in the receiving nest.
author	Ipinza-Regla,Joaquín Covacevich,Alejandra Araya,Jaime E.
author_facet	Ipinza-Regla,Joaquín Covacevich,Alejandra Araya,Jaime E.
author_sort	Ipinza-Regla,Joaquín
title	HERMETISM VARIATION IN Camponotus morosus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) WITH THE AGE OF HOMOSPECIFIC INTRUDING ANTS
title_short	HERMETISM VARIATION IN Camponotus morosus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) WITH THE AGE OF HOMOSPECIFIC INTRUDING ANTS
title_full	HERMETISM VARIATION IN Camponotus morosus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) WITH THE AGE OF HOMOSPECIFIC INTRUDING ANTS
title_fullStr	HERMETISM VARIATION IN Camponotus morosus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) WITH THE AGE OF HOMOSPECIFIC INTRUDING ANTS
title_full_unstemmed	HERMETISM VARIATION IN Camponotus morosus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) WITH THE AGE OF HOMOSPECIFIC INTRUDING ANTS
title_sort	hermetism variation in camponotus morosus (hymenoptera: formicidae) with the age of homospecific intruding ants
publisher	Universidad de Concepción. Facultad de Agronomía, Facultad de Ingeniería Agricola y Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias
publishDate	2019
url	http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0719-38902019000100090
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HERMETISM VARIATION IN Camponotus morosus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) WITH THE AGE OF HOMOSPECIFIC INTRUDING ANTS

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