Facultative slave-making ants Formica sanguinea label their slaves with own recognition cues instead of employing the strategy of chemical mimicry

2017 ◽  
Vol 96 ◽  
pp. 98-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomasz Włodarczyk ◽  
Lech Szczepaniak
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Mimicry ◽  
Formica Sanguinea

scholarly journals MyrmicaAnts and Their Butterfly Parasites with Special Focus on the Acoustic Communication

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Barbero ◽  
D. Patricelli ◽  
M. Witek ◽  
E. Balletto ◽  
L. P. Casacci ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Acoustic Emission ◽  
Acoustic Communication ◽  
Food Plant ◽  
Chemical Mimicry ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Social Parasites ◽  
Ant Nests ◽  
Arthropod Species

About 10,000 arthropod species live as ants' social parasites and have evolved a number of mechanisms allowing them to penetrate and survive inside the ant nests.Myrmicacolonies, in particular, are exploited by numerous social parasites, and the presence of their overwintering brood, as well as of their polygyny, contributes to make them more vulnerable to infestation. Butterflies of the genusMaculineaare among the most investigatedMyrmicainquilines. These lycaenids are known for their very complex biological cycles.Maculineaspecies are obligated parasites that depend on a particular food plant and on a specificMyrmicaspecies for their survival.Maculinealarvae are adopted byMyrmicaants, which are induced to take them into their nests by chemical mimicry. Then the parasite spends the following 11–23 months inside the ants' nest. Mimicking the acoustic emission of the queen ants,Maculineaparasites not only manage to become integrated, but attain highest rank within the colony. Here we review the biology ofMaculinea/Myrmicasystem with a special focus on some recent breakthrough concerning their acoustical patterns.

Cleptoparasites, social parasites and a common host: Chemical insignificance for visiting host nests, chemical mimicry for living in

2012 ◽  
Vol 58 (9) ◽  
pp. 1259-1264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessia Uboni ◽  
Anne-Geneviève Bagnères ◽  
Jean-Philippe Christidès ◽  
Maria Cristina Lorenzi
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Mimicry ◽  
Social Parasites

Chemical Mimicry in an Obligate Predator of Carpenter Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

1990 ◽  
Vol 83 (3) ◽  
pp. 607-616 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ralph W. Howard ◽  
Roger D. Akre ◽  
William B. Garnett
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Mimicry ◽  
Carpenter Ants

scholarly journals How to be a dioecious fig: Chemical mimicry between sexes matters only when both sexes flower synchronously

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Hossaert-McKey ◽  
M. Proffit ◽  
C. C. L. Soler ◽  
C. Chen ◽  
J.-M. Bessière ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Mimicry

Evidence for intersexual chemical mimicry in a dioecious plant

2012 ◽  
Vol 15 (9) ◽  
pp. 978-985 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine C. L. Soler ◽  
Magali Proffit ◽  
Jean-Marie Bessière ◽  
Martine Hossaert-McKey ◽  
Bertrand Schatz
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Mimicry ◽  
Dioecious Plant

Chemical mimicry in a parasitoid (Hymenoptera: Eucharitidae) of fire ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

1989 ◽  
Vol 15 (8) ◽  
pp. 2247-2261 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert K. Vander Meer ◽  
Donald P. Jouvenaz ◽  
Daniel P. Wojcik
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Mimicry ◽  
Fire Ants
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