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Corpse Management in Social Insects
Int. J. Biol. Sci. 2013, Vol. 9 313 Ivyspring International Publisher International Journal of Biological Sciences 2013; 9(3):313-321. doi: 10.7150/ijbs.5781 Review Corpse Management in Social Insects Qian Sun and Xuguo Zhou Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40546-0091, USA. Corresponding author: Dr. Xuguo "Joe" Zhou, Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky, S-225 Agricultural Science Center North, Lexington, KY 40546-0091. Phone: 859-257-3125 Fax: 859-323-1120 Email: [email protected]. © Ivyspring International Publisher. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons License (http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Reproduction is permitted for personal, noncommercial use, provided that the article is in whole, unmodified, and properly cited. Received: 2012.12.29; Accepted: 2013.02.21; Published: 2013.03.22 Abstract Undertaking behavior is an essential adaptation to social life that is critical for colony hygiene in enclosed nests. Social insects dispose of dead individuals in various fashions to prevent further contact between corpses and living members in a colony. Focusing on three groups of eusocial insects (bees, ants, and termites) in two phylogenetically distant orders (Hymenoptera and Isoptera), we review mechanisms of death recognition, convergent and divergent behavioral re- sponses toward dead individuals, and undertaking task allocation from the perspective of division of labor. Distinctly different solutions (e.g., corpse removal, burial and cannibalism) have evolved, independently, in the holometabolous hymenopterans and hemimetabolous isopterans toward the same problem of corpse management. In addition, issues which can lead to a better understanding of the roles that undertaking behavior has played in the evolution of eusociality are discussed. -
Archiv Für Naturgeschichte
ZOBODAT - www.zobodat.at Zoologisch-Botanische Datenbank/Zoological-Botanical Database Digitale Literatur/Digital Literature Zeitschrift/Journal: Archiv für Naturgeschichte Jahr/Year: 1908 Band/Volume: 74-2_2 Autor(en)/Author(s): Lucas Robert Artikel/Article: Hymenoptera für 1907. 1-74 © Biodiversity Heritage Library, http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/; www.zobodat.at Hymenoptera für 1907. Bearbeitet von Dr. Robert Lucas. (Inhaltsverzeichnis siehe am Schlüsse des Berichts. A. Publikationen (Autoren alphabetisch). Adelung, ]V. N., Wolmann, L. M., Kokujev, N. R., Kusnezov, N. J., Oshanin, B., Rimsky-Korsakov, M. N., Ruzskij, M. D., Jacobson, 0. G. [Verzeichnis der im Jahre 1901 —1904 in der Schlüsselburger Festung von M. V. Novorusskij gesammelten Insekten.] St. Petersburg. Horae Soc. Entom. Ross. T. 38. 1907 p. CXXXVIII—CXLV [Russisch]. Adlerz, Ciottfrid. Jakttagelser öfver solitära getingar. Arkiv Zool. Bd. 3. No. 17, 1907 p. 64. — Beobachtungen über solitäre Wespen. Alfken, J. D. (I). Über die von Brülle aufgestellten Halictus- Arten. Zeitschr. f. System. Hym. u. Dipt. Jhg. 7, 1907, p. 62—64. — C^). Die südamerikanische Bienengattung Lonchopria Vachal. t. c. p. 79. — (3). Neue paläarktische Halictus-Arten. t. c. p. 202—206. — (4). Apidae. Fauna Südwest-AustraUens, hrsg. von W. Mi- chaelsen und R. Hartmeyer. Bd. 1. Lfg. 6. Jena (G. Fischer), 1907 p. 259—261. — (5). Eine neue paläarktische Halictus-Art. Gas. Geske Spol. Entomol. vol. 2, 1905 p. 4—6. Andre, E. (I). Liste des Mutillides recueillis a Geylan par M. le Dr. Walther Hörn et description des especes. Deutsch, entom. Zeitschr. Berlin 1907 p. 251—258. — Spilomutilla (1), Promecilla (1 + 1 n. sp.), Mutilla (11 + 3 n. -
Chloe Aline Raderschall
Chloe Aline Raderschall BSc, Hons I A thesis submitted for the degree of Master of Philosophy The Australian National University December 2014 VVege entstellen dadurch^ dass man sie geht. Trail of leaf-cutter ants (Atta sp.) in Tambopata National Reserve, Peru I Declaration I herewith declare that the work presented in this thesis is, to the best of my knowledge, original except where other references are cited and was undertaken during my M.Phil candidature between October 2012 and December 2014 at the Research School of Biology, The Australian National University. The corrected version of the thesis was resubmitted in September 2015 with the suggestions of two anonymous examiners. The thesis has not been submitted in parts or in full for a degree to any other University. Chloe A. Raderschall, September 2015 III IV Acknowledgements The work towards this thesis would not have been possible without the guidance, support and friendship of a number of people. First and foremost I would like to thank my supervisors Ajay Narendra and Jochen Zeil for sharing their enthusiasm to understand insect navigation and for their guidance during all aspects of my research. Ajay especially I would like to thank for initially sparking my interest in myrmecology by introducing me to the fascinating world of ants during many photo excursions around Canberra. Being able to appreciate these little critters and to learn about each of their peculiarities is a wonderful gift that I hope to be able to share with many more people in the future. W illi Ribi I would like to thank for all his technical assistance and knowledge during my histological work. -
A Comprehensive Understanding of Corpse Management in Termites
University of Kentucky UKnowledge Theses and Dissertations--Entomology Entomology 2015 A Comprehensive Understanding of Corpse Management in Termites Qian Sun University of Kentucky, [email protected] Right click to open a feedback form in a new tab to let us know how this document benefits ou.y Recommended Citation Sun, Qian, "A Comprehensive Understanding of Corpse Management in Termites" (2015). Theses and Dissertations--Entomology. 23. https://uknowledge.uky.edu/entomology_etds/23 This Doctoral Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Entomology at UKnowledge. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses and Dissertations--Entomology by an authorized administrator of UKnowledge. For more information, please contact [email protected]. STUDENT AGREEMENT: I represent that my thesis or dissertation and abstract are my original work. Proper attribution has been given to all outside sources. I understand that I am solely responsible for obtaining any needed copyright permissions. I have obtained needed written permission statement(s) from the owner(s) of each third-party copyrighted matter to be included in my work, allowing electronic distribution (if such use is not permitted by the fair use doctrine) which will be submitted to UKnowledge as Additional File. I hereby grant to The University of Kentucky and its agents the irrevocable, non-exclusive, and royalty-free license to archive and make accessible my work in whole or in part in all forms of media, now or hereafter known. I agree that the document mentioned above may be made available immediately for worldwide access unless an embargo applies. I retain all other ownership rights to the copyright of my work. -
Corpse Management in Social Insects Qian Sun University of Kentucky, [email protected]
University of Kentucky UKnowledge Entomology Faculty Publications Entomology 3-22-2013 Corpse Management in Social Insects Qian Sun University of Kentucky, [email protected] Xuguo Zhou University of Kentucky, [email protected] Right click to open a feedback form in a new tab to let us know how this document benefits oy u. Follow this and additional works at: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/entomology_facpub Part of the Entomology Commons Repository Citation Sun, Qian and Zhou, Xuguo, "Corpse Management in Social Insects" (2013). Entomology Faculty Publications. 46. https://uknowledge.uky.edu/entomology_facpub/46 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Entomology at UKnowledge. It has been accepted for inclusion in Entomology Faculty Publications by an authorized administrator of UKnowledge. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Corpse Management in Social Insects Notes/Citation Information Published in International Journal of Biological Sciences, v. 9, no. 3, p. 313-321. © Ivyspring International Publisher. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons License (http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Reproduction is permitted for personal, noncommercial use, provided that the article is in whole, unmodified, and properly cited. Digital Object Identifier (DOI) http://dx.doi.org/10.7150/ijbs.5781 This article is available at UKnowledge: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/entomology_facpub/46 Int. J. Biol. Sci. 2013, Vol. 9 313 Ivyspring International Publisher International Journal of Biological Sciences 2013; 9(3):313-321. doi: 10.7150/ijbs.5781 Review Corpse Management in Social Insects Qian Sun and Xuguo Zhou Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40546-0091, USA. -
Review Article Diversity of Species and Behavior of Hymenopteran Parasitoids of Ants: a Review
Hindawi Publishing Corporation Psyche Volume 2012, Article ID 134746, 24 pages doi:10.1155/2012/134746 Review Article Diversity of Species and Behavior of Hymenopteran Parasitoids of Ants: A Review Jean-Paul Lachaud1, 2 and Gabriela Perez-Lachaud´ 1 1 Departamento de Entomolog´ıa Tropical, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Avenida Centenario km 5.5, 77014 Chetumal, QRoo, Mexico 2 Centre de Recherches sur la Cognition Animale, CNRS-UMR 5169, Universit´e de Toulouse, UPS, 118 route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse Cedex 09, France Correspondence should be addressed to Jean-Paul Lachaud, [email protected] Received 3 October 2011; Accepted 28 October 2011 Academic Editor: Alain Lenoir Copyright © 2012 J.-P. Lachaud and G. Perez-Lachaud.´ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Reports of hymenopterans associated with ants involve more than 500 species, but only a fraction unambiguously pertain to actual parasitoids. In this paper, we attempt to provide an overview of both the diversity of these parasitoid wasps and the diversity of the types of interactions they have formed with their ant hosts. The reliable list of parasitoid wasps using ants as primary hosts includes at least 138 species, reported between 1852 and 2011, distributed among 9 families from 3 superfamilies. These parasitoids exhibit a wide array of biologies and developmental strategies: ecto- or endoparasitism, solitary or gregarious, and idio- or koinobiosis. All castes of ants and all developmental stages, excepting eggs, are possible targets. -
A Bio-Bibliography of Caryl Parker Haskins
A Bio-Bibliography of Caryl Parker Haskins A Bio-Bibliography of Caryl Parker Haskins Compiled and Edited by Alice B. Dadourian Caryl Parker Haskins In the field of observation, chance favors only the prepared minds. —Louis Pasteur Foreword Some time ago, I received a very nice letter from a young man who had been bookstore browsing with his elementary school-aged son, and rediscovered a copy of Caryl Haskins’s Of Ants and Men. “I know the author!” the young man had said excitedly to his son. As an undergraduate, the young man had been a most admiring devotee of Dr. Haskins. The two had exchanged several let- ters in a correspondence prompted by the young man’s fascination with ants. He was now writing to express his gratitude for Dr. Haskins taking the time to respond to the questions of a “lowly” (in his words) undergraduate. As Special Assistant to Caryl and Edna Haskins for the past six years, I have received countless requests for reprints of their articles and books, and transcribed for Dr. Caryl Haskins, just as many responses to inquiring students. Dr. Haskins has published five books and some 230 articles, much of the work on ants, co-authored with Dr. Edna Haskins. It occurred to me that a Bio- Bibliography would be of interest to many people. I sat down with Dr. Haskins in 1993 and started compiling the bibli- ography. He was most accommodating and rewarded me often with anecdotes about how he met and subsequently married Edna; about his and Franklin Cooper’s founding of the Haskins Laboratories; and the joint ant research for which he and Edna Haskins are especially known. -
DEPENDENCE of NECROPHORIC RESPONSE to OLEIC ACID on SOCIAL CONTEXT in the ANT, Pogonornyrmex Badius
Journal of Chemical Ecology, Vol. 9, No. 1, 1983 DEPENDENCE OF NECROPHORIC RESPONSE TO OLEIC ACID ON SOCIAL CONTEXT IN THE ANT, Pogonornyrmex badius DEBORAH M. GORDON Department of Zoology, Duke University Durham, North Carolina 27706 (Received February 23, 1982; revised May 4, 1982) Abstract--The response of the southern harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex badius, to oleic acid was found to depend on social context. Social context was specified as the number of ants engaging in each of five categories of behavior. When a large percentage of the colony is doing midden work or nest maintenance, papers treated with oleic acid are taken to the midden, as previously reported. However, when a large percentage of the colony is foraging or convening, treated papers are taken into the nest as if they were food items. Key Words Pogonomyrmex badius, Hymenoptera, Formicidae, oleic acid, social context, midden, pheromone, harvester ant, necrophoric. INTRODUCTION This study reports upon the response of the southern harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex badius, to oleic acid. Wilson et al. (1958) reported that objects treated with oleic acid were "invariably" carried to the colony's refuse pile, or midden. Experiments by Haskins and Haskins (1974) suggested that oleic acid produces this necrophoric effect in the ant Myrmecia vindex also. Blum (1970) concluded from similar experiments that oleic acid evokes necrophoric behavior in the ant Solenopsis saevissima. The idea that oleic acid is the primary releaser of the necrophoric response in P. badius occurs elsewhere in the literature (Wilson, 1963; Howard and Tschinkel, 1976; Howard et al., 1982). It is well known that social factors can affect the response of an animal to a chemical cue. -
Supplementary Material
Myrmecological News myrmecologicalnews.org Myrmecol. News 31 Digital supplementary material Digital supplementary material to MEURVILLE, M.-P. & LEBOEUF, A.C. 2021: Trophallaxis: the functions and evolution of social fluid exchange in ant colonies (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). – Myrmecological News 31: 1-30. The content of this digital supplementary material was subject to the same scientific editorial processing as the article it accompanies. However, the authors are responsible for copyediting and layout. Species name Subfamily Adult-to-adult Adult-to-larva and larva-to-adult References Trophic eggs are laid by the queen, majors and minors, and consummed by Acanthomyrmex ferox Myrmicinae Stomodeal trophallaxis nestmates and larvae. (Gobin & Ito 2000) Stomodeal trophallaxis Larvae fed by minor workers via Acanthomyrmex notabilis Myrmicinae between workers stomodeal trophallaxis (Moffett 1985) Stomodeal trophallaxis Proctodeal trophallaxis: Workers drink (Lopes & al. 2005) Acromyrmex balzani Myrmicinae between workers from larval anal droplets (Moreira & al. 2007) No stomodeal trophallaxis Proctodeal trophallaxis: Workers drink (Lopes & al. 2005) Acromyrmex crassispinus Myrmicinae observed from larval anal droplets (Lopes & al. 2017) Acromyrmex echinatior Myrmicinae Trophic eggs mostly laid by majors (Dijkstra & al. 2005) (Dijkstra & al. 2005) Stomodeal trophallaxis (Richard & Errard 2009) Queens regurgitate fungus (Malato & al. 1977) Acromyrmex octospinosus Myrmicinae pellets. Trophic eggs mostly laid by majors (Quinlan & Cherrett 1978) -
Ants – Individual and Social Cognition
1 Ants – Individual and Social Cognition Zhanna Reznikova Species Description The total number of ants is estimated to be between one and ten million billion, which makes them a very successful life form (Hölldobler and Wilson, 1990). Ants are characterized by a very specific social evolution, perennial life cycle, unusual genetic method of sex determination and exceptional forms of collective decision-making. Brain Perhaps the first question about ants’ individual cognition is whether their tiny brains are sufficient for solving intellectual problems. Darwin (1981) recognized this and considered the brain of an ant as ‘one of the most marvellous atoms of matter in the world, perhaps more so than the brain of man’. Like some other animals with small brains, ants express behaviours and sensory capacities comparable to large-brained animals, despite the high energetic costs for maintaining a relatively large brain in small-bodied animals (e.g. Seid et al., 2011). Unlike social vertebrates, which have larger brains and cerebral cortices than solitary species, ant brains are not larger than those of solitary insects, but they are more specialized (Gronenberg, 2008). The central brain structures in insects are the mushroom bodies (Strausfeld et al., 1998). Ant brains are equipped with structures and mechanisms that allow advanced learning and memory, including learning landmarks, odours and changes in their environment (Gronenberg, 2008). However, neural network analyses made by Chittka and Niven (2009) have shown that cognitive features found in ants and bees, such as numerosity, attention and categorization-like processes, may require only very limited neuron numbers. Moreover, there is no strong correlation between the volume of the mushroom body and cognitive abilities. -
Nonanoic Acid
Petition To National Organic Standards Board April 26, 2011 Petitioner: William G. Reifenrath Stratacor, Inc. 1315 South 46th Street Richmond, CA 94804 510-965-1545 [email protected] Action Requested: We hereby petition the NOSB to add the naturally occurring fatty acid “nonanoic acid” to Section 205.603 of the National Organic Program as a synthetic substance allowed for use as an insect repellent/insecticide in organic livestock production. Specifically, the action requested is the allowance for combination of nonanoic acid with octanoic and decanoic acids in mineral oil or clay formulations applied directly to the skin of livestock to control biting flies, lice, ticks and other ectoparasites on cattle and horses. Background: C8910R fly repellent is a mixture of 3 medium chain fatty acids, octanoic (C8), nonanoic (C9), and decanoic (C10) formulated in light mineral oil (baby oil) or in clay dusts. All of the actives have Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) status with the U.S. FDA and have been approved for use as food additives in the U.S. and elsewhere (see Exhibits A, a summary of safety data for C8, C9 and C10 and Exhibit B for ecotoxicology). The C8 and C10 components are natural sourced from coconut or palm kernel oil by a process of steam hydrolysis. While C9 exists in many plants and is found in the atmosphere from the action of lightning on ambient oxygen and oleic acid present as a film on water droplets (King et al., 2009), a practical source of C9 does not exist in nature. 1 C8910 was developed under an SBIR grant from the USDA as a natural fly repellent for livestock. -
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Myrmecological News 13 Digital supplementary material Digital supplementary material to LORITE, P. & PALOMEQUE, T. 2010: Karyotype evolution in ants (Hymenoptera: For- micidae), with a review of the known ant chromosome numbers. – Myrmecological News 13: 89-102. Appendix: Review of chromosome numbers in Formicidae. The oldest papers considered in this review are PEACOCK & al. (1954) and SMITH & PEACOCK (1957), which analysed the karyotype of the ant Monomorium pharaonis. Other early works, such as WHELDEN & HASKINS (1953), gave chro- mosome numbers for other species but in general are regarded as mistaken (see older references in KUMBKARNI 1965). The taxonomic nomenclature used basically follows the review of BOLTON & al. (2007). For each species, the chro- mosome number is indicated, together with the country of origin of the material used and the bibliographic reference. It is also indicated whether male (n) or female material (2n) was analysed. When both sexes are used, the haploid (n) and the diploid (2n) chromosome numbers are given. The letters K and M qualifying references indicate that the karyotype (K) or a metaphase plate (M) was presented in the paper. In some papers, only the chromosome number was given, in which case neither K nor M are included. In some cases, when the name of a species has changed, the name used in the publication is indicated. When a species bears an asterisk (*), comments on its karyotype or its taxonomic status can be found in the Appendix notes further down. All references cited are listed under Appendix