NESTMATE RECOGNITION: THE ROLE OF CUTICULAR HYDROCARBONS IN THE ANT CAMPONOTUS VAGUS SCOP.

1 January 1987

journal article
Published by Georgia Entomological Society in Journal of Entomological Science

Vol. 22 (1) , 1-10
https://doi.org/10.18474/0749-8004-22.1.1

Abstract

Both behavioral and chemical analyses demonstrated that in the ant Camponotus vagus the colony recognition signal is strongly correlated with the composition of cuticular hydrocarbons. Variation of relative proportions of dimethylalkanes characterize the chemical signatures in different colonies.

Keywords

BEHAVIORAL
STRONGLY CORRELATED
CHEMICAL SIGNATURES
CAMPONOTUS VAGUS
COLONY RECOGNITION
CUTICULAR
ANT CAMPONOTUS
DIFFERENT COLONIES
ANALYSES DEMONSTRATED
DIMETHYLALKANES CHARACTERIZE