scholarly journals Brood development into sexual females depends on the presence of a queen but not on temperature in an ant dispersing by colony fission,Aphaenogaster senilis

2009 ◽  
Vol 34 (5) ◽  
pp. 595-602 ◽  
Author(s):  
RAPHAËL BOULAY ◽  
XIM CERDÁ ◽  
ARNOLD FERTIN ◽  
KATSYUA ICHINOSE ◽  
ALAIN LENOIR
Keyword(s):  
Aphaenogaster Senilis ◽  
Colony Fission ◽  
Brood Development

Endoparasitism in colonial hosts: patterns and processes

Parasitology ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 134 (6) ◽  
pp. 841-852 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. L. L. HILL ◽  
B. OKAMURA
Keyword(s):  
Vertical Transmission ◽  
Environmental Conditions ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Temporal Sampling ◽  
Colony Fission ◽  
High Prevalence ◽  
Novel Host ◽  
Patterns And Processes ◽  
Host Parasite ◽  
Lack Of Knowledge

SUMMARYThis study begins to redress our lack of knowledge of the interactions between colonial hosts and their parasites by focusing on a novel host-parasite system. Investigations of freshwater bryozoan populations revealed that infection by myxozoan parasites is widespread. Covert infections were detected in all 5 populations studied and were often at high prevalence while overt infections were observed in only 1. Infections were persistent in populations subject to temporal sampling. Negative effects of infection were identified but virulence was low. Infection did not induce mortality in the environmental conditions studied. However, the production of statoblasts (dormant propagules) was greatly reduced in bryozoans with overt infections in comparison to uninfected bryozoans. Overtly-infected bryozoans also grew more slowly and had low fission rates relative to colonies lacking overt infection. Bryozoans with covert infections were smaller than uninfected bryozoans. High levels of vertical transmission were achieved through colony fission and the infection of statoblasts. Increased fission rates may be a strategy for hosts to escape from parasites but the parasite can also exploit the fragmentation of colonial hosts to gain vertical transmission and dispersal. Our study provides evidence that opportunities and constraints for host-parasite co-evolution can be highly dependent on organismal body plans and that low virulence may be associated with exploitation of colonial hosts by endoparasites.

Seasonal cycle of the nest composition in the Ponerine ant Cryptopone sauteri (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Sociobiology ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 64 (4) ◽  
pp. 393
Author(s):  
Yuki Yamaguchi ◽  
Hiromi Yazawa ◽  
Satoru Iwanishi ◽  
Kazuyuki Kudô
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Seasonal Changes ◽  
Seasonal Cycle ◽  
Quantitative Information ◽  
Social Structures ◽  
Ecological Studies ◽  
Brood Development ◽  
Ponerine Ant ◽  
History Of ◽  
Annual Life History

The annual life history is a basic and important factor in ecological studies on temperate ant species. The biology of Ponerinae species has been studied for many species, but little attention has been paid to their life history. Cryptopone sauteri is one of the most common ants in temperate regions of Japan. However, there is no quantitative information on the life history of this species. We report seasonal changes in brood development, the emergence of reproductives and social structures of C. sauteri. Additionally, we discuss that this species possibly exhibits a polydomous nesting system.

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