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"Insectes Sociaux", Международный союз исследователей общественных насекомых (International Union for the Study of Social Insects - IUSSI) 2008, Volume 55, Issue 2, Pages 106-202 №2

Статьи о муравьях

C. Errard, A.-M. Le Guisquet, J.-P. Christides, J.-L. Mercier, A. Lenoir and A. Hefetz
Early learning of volatile chemical cues leads to interspecific recognition between two ant species
"Insectes Sociaux", 2008, Volume 55, Issue 2, pp. 115-122

Исследовано влияние раннего обучения химическим запахам на различение между членами семей разных видов Manica rubida и Formica selysi.

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J. B. Martin and S. B. Vinson
The influence of travel distance on sugar loading decisions and water balance in the central place foraging ant Solenopsis invicta
"Insectes Sociaux", 2008, Volume 55, Issue 2, pp. 129-136

One reason given for the success of social insects is their exceptional efficiency in foraging. In this study we examined the recruitment trail dynamics of sucrose foraging red imported fire ants at three distances in order to understand the limitations of their recruitment ability. Five biologically and statistically significant differences were found among several important parameters between the furthest distance (32 m) and the two closer distances (8 and 16 m): 1) Recruits leaving the food at the greatest distance had significantly more load than recruits leaving the food at the shorter distances did. 2) At the greatest distance, recruits approaching the food already had significant loads. 3)Way stations and counter-current food passing were only found when food was placed at the furthest distance. 4) Ants leaving the colony for the most distant food source were significantly smaller than recruits leaving for the two closer distances. 5) The majority of recruits returning to the colony from the furthest distance had no detectable sugars, and were also dehydrated. Our data suggest that maintaining a minimum viable level of body water appears to be more important as a limiting factor to foraging range than energetics, at least under humidity regimes that are less than saturated.

Keywords: Foraging theory - desiccation resistance - carbohydrate foraging - Solenopsis invicta

J. B. Martin¹ and S. B. Vinson²

(1) Adrian College, Department of Biology, 110 S. Madison St., Adrian, MI, 49221-2575, U.S.A.
(2) Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843-2475, U.S.A.

J. B. Martin Email: jmartin@adrian.edu

C. Castracani, V. Tamarri, D. A. Grasso, F. Le Moli, G. Palla, J. G. Millar, W. Francke and A. Mori
Chemical communication in mating behaviour of the slave-making ant Polyergus rufescens (Hymenoptera, Formicidae): 3-ethyl-4-methylpentanol as a critical component of the queen sex pheromone
"Insectes Sociaux", 2008, Volume 55, Issue 2, pp. 137-143

Исследовано содержимое и привлекательность половых феромонов у двух видов муравьев-рабовладельцев рода Polyergus.

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Y. Touyama, Y. Ihara and F. Ito
Argentine ant infestation affects the abundance of the native myrmecophagic jumping spider Siler cupreus Simon in Japan
"Insectes Sociaux", 2008, Volume 55, Issue 2, pp. 144-146

Исследован эффект вторжения Аргентинских муравьев в Японию на численность пауков-скакунчиков.

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C.-C. Wang, S.-C. Tsaur, U. Kurosu, S. Aoki and H.-J. Lee
Social parasitism and behavioral interactions between two gall-forming social aphids
"Insectes Sociaux", 2008, Volume 55, Issue 2, pp. 147-152

В виде исключения я помещаю здесь реферат не по муравьям, а по тлям социальных видов, имеющих касту солдат.
       Авторы исследовали экологию и поведение при взаимодействии двух видов социальных тлей, Pseudoregma bambucicola и Astegopteryx bambucifoliae (Hormaphidinae, Cerataphidini), оба продуцирующих стерильных содат second-instar, живущих на галлах растения Styrax suberifolius на Тайване. By censusing their galls, either species was found to invade galls of the other species. Twenty-eight (58%) out of 48 A. bambucifoliae galls contained P. bambucicola, while four (6%) of 69 P. bambucicola galls contained A. bambucifoliae. Furthermore, P. bambucicola behaved like social parasites in galls of A. bambucifoliae. Colonies of P. bambucicola produced much fewer or even no soldiers compared with those in natal galls. Our experiments also revealed that individual aphids of P. bambucicola more successfully intruded into galls of A. bambucifoliae than into conspecific galls, and that guarding soldiers of P. bambucicola effectively prevented aphids from invading their galls and permitted only conspecific soldiers to join their colonies. These differences in behavior provide good explanations for the differences in the frequency of invaded galls found between the two species.

Keywords. Social aphids - sterile soldiers - species interaction - defensive behavior - gall formation

C.-C. Wang^{1, 2, 5} , S.-C. Tsaur¹, U. Kurosu³, S. Aoki⁴ and H.-J. Lee⁵

(1) Research Center for Biodiversity, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei, 11529, Taiwan
(2) Institue of Statistics, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei, 11529, Taiwan
(3) Faculty of Economics, Chuo University, 742-1 Higashinakano, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0393, Japan
(4) Faculty of Economics, Rissho University, Osaki 4-2-16, Tokyo 141-8602, Japan
(5) Department of Entomology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 106, Taiwan

C.-C. Wang Email: m480@ntu.edu.tw

S. Depickere, D. Fresneau, J.-L. Deneubourg and C. Detrain
Spatial organization in ants’ nests: does starvation modify the aggregative behaviour of Lasius niger species?
"Insectes Sociaux", 2008, Volume 55, Issue 2, pp. 163-170

Исследовано влияние голодания на пространственную организацию в гнездах муравьев Lasius niger.

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P. S. Newey, S. K. A. Robson and R. H. Crozier
Near-infrared spectroscopy identifies the colony and nest of origin of weaver ants, Oecophylla smaragdina
"Insectes Sociaux", 2008, Volume 55, Issue 2, pp. 171-175

Исследована эффективность новой инфракрасной методики определения принадлежности муравьев к разным колониям у ткачей Oecophylla smaragdina.

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A. Satoh and K. Ohkawara
Dominance hierarchies and aggressive behavior among queens of the inquiline ant Vollenhovia nipponica
"Insectes Sociaux", 2008, Volume 55, Issue 2, pp. 200-206

Впервые исследована биология социальнопаразитического муравья Vollenhovia nipponica.

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B. T. Bjorkman-Chiswell, E. van Wilgenburg, M. L. Thomas, S. E. Swearer and M. A. Elgar
Absence of aggression but not nestmate recognition in an Australian population of the Argentine ant Linepithema humile
"Insectes Sociaux", 2008, Volume 55, Issue 2, pp. 207-212

Intraspecific aggression is rare within introduced populations of the Argentine ant Linepithema humile, and colonies exhibit a structure known as unicoloniality, in which aggression among nests is atypical. We document a similar form of colony structure in an introduced population of Argentine ants in Victoria, Australia, in which aggression is extremely rare among nests ranging over hundreds of kilometres. However, using a highly sensitive behavioural bioassay we found that workers display subtle differences in their behaviour towards non-nestmates and nestmates. In particular, non-nestmates consistently engage in antennating behaviour with greater frequency than nestmates, perhaps providing a mechanism for homogenization of nest odour. Further, we found that non-nestmates at seaport sites (where populations may derive from multiple introductions) antennate each other with greater frequency than their counterparts from non-seaport sites. These data suggest that the Victorian population of L. humile may comprise multiple independent introductions.

Keywords: Nestmate recognition - introduced species - invasions - unicolonial - supercolony

B. T. Bjorkman-Chiswell¹, E. van Wilgenburg^{1, 2}, M. L. Thomas^{3, 4}, S. E. Swearer¹ and M. A. Elgar¹

(1) Department of Zoology, University of Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia
(2) Present address: Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94602, USA
(3) Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, CA 92093, USA
(4) Present address: Centre for Evolutionary Biology, School of Animal Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, 6009, Australia

M. A. Elgar Email: m.elgar@unimelb.edu.au

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