Shik Et Al. Ant Colony Mating Systems Shape Male Longevity

Shik et al. Ant colony mating systems shape male longevity

Supplementary Table S1 Raw metabolic data for male ants. All mass measurements in mg. Where needed, we used a conversion factor of 0.36 to convert wet to dry mass.

dry Genus species mass wet mass microwatt source Hebling Beraldo and Atta Laevigata 44.80 126.0 183.30 Mendes 1981 Hebling Beraldo and Atta sexdens rubropilosa 42.31 119.0 256.59 Mendes 1981 Knietz 1967, Boomsma et al. Formica polyctena 8.19 20.13 422.97 1995, Jensen 1978 Linepithema humili 0.33 0.95 5.61 Boomsma et al. 1995 Lasius niger 0.93 2.70 11.22 Boomsma et al. 1995 Lighton and Berrigan Messor pergandei 5.86 16.47 36.55 1995 Solenopsis Invicta 2.60 7.30 28.18 Vogt and Appel 1999 Tetramorium Caespitum 1.99 5.77 20.90 Boomsma et al. 1995 Lasius flavus 0.42 1.56 7.66 Boomsma et al 1995 Pogonomyrmex montanus 3.48 10.09 65.81 MacKay 1985 Pogonomyrmex rugosus 8.08 23.43 84.96 MacKay 1985 Pogonomyrmex subnitidus 2.31 6.70 52.26 MacKay 1985 Shik, unpublished Crematogaster lineolata 0.56 1.89 12.57 2008-2009 Shik, unpublished Pheidole dentata 0.70 1.82 13.31 2008-2009 Shik, unpublished Tapinoma sessile 0.48 1.14 21.14 2008-2009 Crematogaster D 0.12 0.18 3.71 Shik 2010 Formicinae E 0.28 0.57 4.94 Shik 2010

1 Ectatomma ruidum 2.51 5.47 25.32 Shik 2010 Formicinae F 0.37 0.56 8.79 Shik 2010 Camponotus O 0.48 0.60 28.63 Shik 2010 Paraponera clavata 28.85 70.26 151.04 Shik 2010 Nylanderia guatemalensis 0.08 0.08 6.26 Shik 2010

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