DOCSLIB.ORG

Chemistry of the Postpharyngeal Gland Secretion and Its Implication

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Chemistry of the Postpharyngeal Gland Secretion and Its Implication Chemoecology 7:163-171 (1996) 0937 7409/96/040163 09 $1.50+0.20 © 1996 Birkh/iuser Verlag, Basel Chemistry of the postpharyngeal gland secretion and its implication for the phylogeny of Iberian Cataglyphis species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Abdallah Dahbi l, Alain Lenoir 2, Alberto Tinaut 3, Timo Taghizadeh 4, Wittko Franeke 4, and Abraham Hefetz s,* ~Laboratoire d'Ethologie Exp~rimentale et Comparee, URA 2214, Universit~ Paris Nord, F-93430 Villetaneuse, France 2Laboratoire d'Ethologie et Pharmacologie du Comportement, Facult6 des Sciences et Techniques, F-37200, Tours, France 3Departamento de Biologia Animal y Ecologia, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada, E-18071 Granada, Spain 4Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz6, D-20146 Hamburg, Germany SDepartment of Zoology, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv 69978, Tel Aviv, Israel Summary. A comparative morphological and chemical classification, and often for reconstructing phylogenies. study of six endemic species of Cataglyphis from the Defensive secretions, for example were used in phylo- Iberian Peninsula: C. ibericus, C. rosenhaueri, C. hispani- genetic studies of various insect groups including cus, C. humeya, C. velox and C. Jtoricola and the staphylinid beetles (Steidle & Dettner 1993), chrysome- Moroccan species C. bombycinus is described. The mor- lid leaf beetles (Pasteels 1993), and fire ants of the genus phological study relied primarily on genitalia character- Solenopsis (Brand et al. 1973; Vander Meer 1986). Sex istics, whereas the chemical study concentrated on the pheromones were used in the classification and evolu- postpharyngeal gland constituents. Cladograms based tion of tortricide moths (Roelofs & Brown 1982). Du- on the morphological and chemical data were performed four's gland constituents served as character states for using Ward's method. The dendrogram based on mor- the reclassification of lactone producing bees (Cane phological features revealed that the Iberian Cataglyphis 1983a) and of andrenid bees (Cane 1983b). The cephalic can be classified into three species groups albicans, secretion of male bumble bees was used for numerical altisquamis and emmae. The same pattern occurred when taxonomy studies (Belles et al. 1987), and even for the the dimethylalkanes constituents of the postpharyngeal distinction between colour morphs within a species gland were utilised as character states, with a slight (Bergstr6m et aI. 1973). Cuticular hydrocarbons were displacement of species within the altisquamis group. likewise used in the classification of beetles (Jacob 1979; However, when the complete hydrocarbon blend was Page et al. 1990), Drosophila species from the Drosophila utilised major discrepancies in the dendrograms oc- virilis group (Bartelt et al. 1986), and termites (Bagn~res curred. CatagIyphis velox proved to be very similar to C. et al. 1990; Kaib et al. 1991). The concordance between bombycinus, whereas C. ftoricola clustered with the other chemical and morphological data that generally occurs two species of the altisquamis group. Based on the makes these chemicals a good tool in taxonomy. Some geographical distribution and paleontological data (Tin- precautions however should be taken in chemotaxo- aut 1993) it is assumed that C. floricola recently invaded nomic analyses, in particular with respect to the biolog- the Iberian Peninsula. Based on the chemical findings we ical role of the secretions utilized. The use of defensive postulate that chemical character displacement occurred secretions is relatively reliable since they need not be in C. floricola as a result of its sympatry with C. velox species specific, and therefore are not subjected to after the former colonized the Iberian Peninsula. We selective pressures to diversify. Any changes in their further discuss the possible reason for the different chemistry may thus be the consequence of speciation, dendrograms obtained when only the dimethylalkanes provided they remain pungent. are considered and its implication for the communicative On the other hand, secretions that are used for role of the postpharyngeal gland secretion in these ants. communication may be subjected to continuous selec- tive pressures to diversify, as they have to be species Key words, postpharyngeal gland - phylogeny - hydro- specific, and often must also exhibit individual compo- carbons - chemotaxonomy - Hymenoptera - sitions. Moreover, any changes in the chemical compo- Cataglyphis sition of pheromones may result in the formation of a behavioural barrier, leading to a quick fixation within the population. The selection for chemical diversity is accentuated in closely related sympatric species. This Introduction may result in two sympatric species which might be phylogenetically related, but exhibit disparate secretion- The extensive identification of exocrine products in ary compositions, while their more distant relatives, insects has opened the way for their use in taxonomy, being allopatric, retained the ancestral composition. In the present paper we have used the hydrocarbon con- * To whom correspondence should be addressed stituents of the postpharyngeal gland for the classifica- 164 A. Dahbi et al. CNEMOECOLO~¥ tion and the assessment of the phylogenetic relationship The character states used in the present work are the following: of several Cataglyphis species. l. Mandible with an apical tooth and a straight masticatory border without teeth (0), mandible pointed and only with an apical tooth The study of hydrocarbons in ants has focused (1). primarily on their role in intra- and interspecific com- 2. Discoidal cell vestigial (0), or absent (1). munication. Several lines of evidence suggest that these 3. Shape of sagitta ventral face straight or lightly concave (0), substances are involved in nestmate recognition lightly convex (1) or sharply convex (2). 4. Ventral face of sagitta with teeth (0) or without teeth (1). (Bonavita-Cougourdan et al. 1987; Morel et al. 1988; 5. Teeth in more than half sagitta ventral face (0) or occupying less Henderson et al. 1990; Nowbahari et al. 1990). More than half (1). recently the role of the glandular secretion in modifying 6. Sagitta with antero-dorsal process absent (0) or present (1). the aggressive behaviour of ants was established in the 7. Volsella curved (0) or straight (1). formicine ant Cataglyphis niger (Soroker et aI. 1994), 8. Basal process in the stipe absent (0), or present (1). 9. Proportion of the maxillary palps of males: 5 similar to 6 (0), 5 and in the myrmicine species Manica rubida (Hefetz et smaller than 6 (1). al. 1996). Using the glandular hydrocarbons, it was 10. Polymorphic workers (0), monomorphic workers (1). further demonstrated that the gland serves as a storage 11. Small process in the basis of the volsella (0 = absent, 1 = present). organ, and that the unified colonial odor is achieved by 12. Process in the basis of the volsella rounded (0) or pointed (1). 13. Volsella smooth (0) or with edges in the middle (1). constant exchanges of secretions through trophallaxis 14. Edges of the volsella small (0) or well developed (1). and mutual grooming, constituting therefore a "Gestalt- organ" (Soroker et aI. 1994; Vienne et al. 1995). Chemical studies Cataglyphis is a genus with a wide geographic distri- bution including various ecosystems ranging from For the chemical analyses, two colonies per species were collected and deserts to temperate regions around the Mediterranean individuals were immediately stored at -20°C until dissection. The basin. This distribution has resulted in a large generic postpharyngeal glands from about thirty ants of each species were diversity which complicates the study of their phy- dissected in chilled distilled water and immediately immersed in logeny. Taxonomic studies of this genus using essen- pentane for extraction. Chemical analysis of the samples was con- ducted primarily by coupled gas chromatography/mass spectrometry tially morphological and anatomical traits (Santschi (Fisons MD800 quadrupole). The samples were run on a 30 m x 0.32 1929; Wehner 1983; Agosti 1990; Wehner et al. 1994) mm DB-5 fused silica capillary column that was temperature pro- have proved insufficient leaving unresolved problems. grammed from 100°C to 300°C at 3°C/min with an initial hold of The few chemotaxonomic studies performed (Hefetz & 3 min. The various compounds were identified according to retention indices and to known fragmentation patterns, which enable structure Lenoir 1992; Keegans et al. 1992) relied mostly on assignments even of complex mixtures of branched hydrocarbons Dufour's gland secretion, and aimed at separating dif- (Doolittle et al. 1995 and references cited therein) as well as by ferent species within this genus. comparing their spectra to published spectra (McLafferty & Stauffer Six endemic species of Cataglyphis exist in the 1989; Bagn~res et al. 1991). Position of the double bonds was Iberian Peninsula representing the highest diversity of elucidated by alkylthiolation using dimethyl disulfide (DMDS) (Vin- centi 1987). For alkylthiolation, 10 gl of the extract were mixed with this genus in Europe. However, only a few studies 50 gl of carbon disulfide, 50 ~tl DMDS, and 5 gI of iodine solution pertaining to their phylogenetic relationships have been (60 mg in 1 ml ether) and heated to 60°C for 12h. The excess of iodine published (Tinaut & Plaza 1989; Tinaut 1990a, b, was destroyed with 50-100 i~1 aqueous sodium thiosulfate solution 1993). In this study we present
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Relations Phylogénétiques Chez Les Termites Du Genre Reticulitermes En Europe. Description D'une Nouvelle Espèce
    Relations phylog´en´etiqueschez les termites du genre Reticulitermes en Europe. Description d'une nouvelle esp`ece. Paolo Uva To cite this version: Paolo Uva. Relations phylog´en´etiqueschez les termites du genre Reticulitermes en Europe. Description d'une nouvelle esp`ece.. Ecologie, Environnement. Universit´eFran¸coisRabelais - Tours, 2002. Fran¸cais. <tel-00114554> HAL Id: tel-00114554 https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00114554 Submitted on 17 Nov 2006 HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access L'archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est archive for the deposit and dissemination of sci- destin´eeau d´ep^otet `ala diffusion de documents entific research documents, whether they are pub- scientifiques de niveau recherche, publi´esou non, lished or not. The documents may come from ´emanant des ´etablissements d'enseignement et de teaching and research institutions in France or recherche fran¸caisou ´etrangers,des laboratoires abroad, or from public or private research centers. publics ou priv´es. UNIVERSITÉ FRANÇOIS RABELAIS TOURS École Doctorale : Santé, Sciences, Technologies Année Universitaire : 2001/2002 THÈSE POUR OBTENIR LE GRADE DE DOCTEUR DE L'UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS Discipline : Sciences de la Vie présentée et soutenue publiquement par : Paolo UVA Le 8 novembre 2002 Relations phylogénétiques chez les termites du genre Reticulitermes en Europe. Description d'une nouvelle espèce Directeur de thèse : Dr. BAGNÈRES-URBANY Anne-Geneviève Jury : CARIOU Marie-Louise, Directeur de Recherche CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette ROISIN Yves, Professeur Université de Bruxelles (Belgique) BAGNÈRES-URBANY Anne-Geneviève, CR1 CNRS Université de Tours CLÉMENT Jean-Luc, Professeur CNRS, Paris / Université de Tours ERRARD Christine, Maître de Conférence Université de Tours MARINI Mario, Professeur Université de Bologne (Italie) Remerciements Ce manuscrit est la conclusion de mes trois années en tant qu'étudiant de troisième cycle à l'Université François Rabelais de Tours.
    [Show full text]
  • Feeding Records of True Bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from Wisconsin
    The Great Lakes Entomologist Volume 37 Numbers 1 & 2 - Spring/Summer 2004 Numbers Article 3 1 & 2 - Spring/Summer 2004 April 2004 Feeding Records of True Bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) From Wisconsin Andrew H. Williams University of Wisconsin Follow this and additional works at: https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle Part of the Entomology Commons Recommended Citation Williams, Andrew H. 2004. "Feeding Records of True Bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) From Wisconsin," The Great Lakes Entomologist, vol 37 (1) Available at: https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle/vol37/iss1/3 This Peer-Review Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Department of Biology at ValpoScholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Great Lakes Entomologist by an authorized administrator of ValpoScholar. For more information, please contact a ValpoScholar staff member at [email protected]. Williams: Feeding Records of True Bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) From Wiscon 16 THE GREAT LAKES ENTOMOLOGIST Vol. 37, Nos. 1 & 2 FEEDING RECORDS OF TRUE BUGS (HEMIPTERA: HETEROPTERA) FROM WISCONSIN Andrew H. Williams1 ABSTRACT Basic to our understanding of any animal and its habitat requirements is knowing what it eats. Reported here are observations of feeding by 49 species of true bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) encountered in Wisconsin over 1992-2002. ____________________ Knowing what an animal eats is basic to our understanding of that ani- mal and its habitat requirements. From 1992 through 2002, I accumulated many observations of insects feeding in Wisconsin. Presented here are data from 49 species and subspecies in 11 families including Alydidae, Berytidae, Coreidae, Cydnidae, Lygaeidae, Miridae, Nabidae, Pentatomidae, Reduviidae, Rhopalidae and Scutelleridae.
    [Show full text]
  • The Evolution of Social Parasitism in Formica Ants Revealed by a Global Phylogeny – Supplementary Figures, Tables, and References
    The evolution of social parasitism in Formica ants revealed by a global phylogeny – Supplementary figures, tables, and references Marek L. Borowiec Stefan P. Cover Christian Rabeling 1 Supplementary Methods Data availability Trimmed reads generated for this study are available at the NCBI Sequence Read Archive (to be submit­ ted upon publication). Detailed voucher collection information, assembled sequences, analyzed matrices, configuration files and output of all analyses, and code used are available on Zenodo (DOI: 10.5281/zen­ odo.4341310). Taxon sampling For this study we gathered samples collected in the past ~60 years which were available as either ethanol­ preserved or point­mounted specimens. Taxon sampling comprises 101 newly sequenced ingroup morphos­ pecies from all seven species groups of Formica ants Creighton (1950) that were recognized prior to our study and 8 outgroup species. Our sampling was guided by previous taxonomic and phylogenetic work Creighton (1950); Francoeur (1973); Snelling and Buren (1985); Seifert (2000, 2002, 2004); Goropashnaya et al. (2004, 2012); Trager et al. (2007); Trager (2013); Seifert and Schultz (2009a,b); Muñoz­López et al. (2012); Antonov and Bukin (2016); Chen and Zhou (2017); Romiguier et al. (2018) and included represen­ tatives from both the New and the Old World. Collection data associated with sequenced samples can be found in Table S1. Molecular data collection and sequencing We performed non­destructive extraction and preserved same­specimen vouchers for each newly sequenced sample. We re­mounted all vouchers, assigned unique specimen identifiers (Table S1), and deposited them in the ASU Social Insect Biodiversity Repository (contact: Christian Rabeling, [email protected]).
    [Show full text]
  • Insects of the Idaho National Laboratory: a Compilation and Review
    Insects of the Idaho National Laboratory: A Compilation and Review Nancy Hampton Abstract—Large tracts of important sagebrush (Artemisia L.) Major portions of the INL have been burned by wildfires habitat in southeastern Idaho, including thousands of acres at the over the past several years, and restoration and recovery of Idaho National Laboratory (INL), continue to be lost and degraded sagebrush habitat are current topics of investigation (Ander- through wildland fire and other disturbances. The roles of most son and Patrick 2000; Blew 2000). Most restoration projects, insects in sagebrush ecosystems are not well understood, and the including those at the INL, are focused on the reestablish- effects of habitat loss and alteration on their populations and ment of vegetation communities (Anderson and Shumar communities have not been well studied. Although a comprehen- 1989; Williams 1997). Insects also have important roles in sive survey of insects at the INL has not been performed, smaller restored communities (Williams 1997) and show promise as scale studies have been concentrated in sagebrush and associated indicators of restoration success in shrub-steppe (Karr and communities at the site. Here, I compile a taxonomic inventory of Kimberling 2003; Kimberling and others 2001) and other insects identified in these studies. The baseline inventory of more habitats (Jansen 1997; Williams 1997). than 1,240 species, representing 747 genera in 212 families, can be The purpose of this paper is to present a taxonomic list of used to build models of insect diversity in natural and restored insects identified by researchers studying cold desert com- sagebrush habitats. munities at the INL.
    [Show full text]
  • Hymenoptera, Formicidae)1
    THE ANTS OF THE KILDEER PLAIN AREA OF OHIO (HYMENOPTERA, FORMICIDAE)1 MARY ELIZABETH AMSTUTZ, 203 Samaritan Ave., Ashland, Ohio This paper consists of a description of the Kildeer Plain, a list of the varieties of ants found, and some notes in regard to their habits of nesting as observed in this area. Wherever variations in the geological conditions of a region occur, there are found corresponding differences both in the flora and fauna. The climatic conditions including temperature, precipitation, etc., may be quite similar, yet there appear an amazing number of different habitats for living organisms. The very fact that one type of soil is composed of clay while another is composed chiefly of sand or the fact that here may be good drainage while at some distant point may be none at all, certainly determines in no small measure the type of organism which will exist or fail to find desirable environment. This is true on a large scale across the entire width of the continent, on a smaller scale in the separate states and still more minutely, within the counties themselves. The species of ants found in the Kildeer Plain Area of Ohio are of particular interest to the myrmecologist, for here is a small area which geologically is unusual in the state. The following list embracing twenty-seven species, subspecies and varieties is undoubtedly incomplete. Ants have been taken from as many varied habitats as a small plain area presents. They have been taken in a dense oak-hickory forest at the edge of the prairie, on sloping banks of the Tymochtee Creek, along roadsides, in open prairie fields, many of which have not been under cultivation for five or six decades, and open fields that are again being put under cultivation.
    [Show full text]
  • 31 Actas Portuguesas De Horticultura
    31 Actas Portuguesas de Horticultura 2020 VIII Simpósio Nacional de Olivicultura FICHA TÉCNICA Título: VIII Simpósio Nacional de Olivicultura Coleção: Actas Portuguesas de Horticultura, N.º 31 Propriedade e edição Associação Portuguesa de Horticultura (APH) Rua da Junqueira, 299, 1300-338 Lisboa http://www.aphorticultura.pt Editores Nuno Rodrigues Ana Cristina Ramos José Alberto Pereira Grafismo da capa: Nuno Rodrigues ISBN: 978-972-8936-38-9 Ano: 2020 Actas Portuguesas de Horticultura, nº 31 (2020) i VIII Simpósio Nacional de Olivicultura Comissões Comissão organizadora Ana Cristina Ramos (INIAV; APH) Cristina Sempiterno (INIAV) Francisco Pavão (CAP) José Alberto Pereira (CIMO/ESA-IPB; APH) Margarida Oliveira (ESA-IPS) Nuno Barba (ESA-IPS) Nuno Rodrigues (CIMO/ESA-IPB; APH) Pedro Jordão (INIAV), Presidente Rocío Arias Calderón (INIAV; APH) Comissão cientifica Ana Paula Silva (CITAB/UTAD) António Cordeiro (INIAV) António Ramos (ESA/IPCB) Augusto António Peixe (Univ. Évora) Encarnação Marcelo (INIAV) Fátima Peres (ESA-IPCB) Isabel Ferreira (ISA-UL) José Alberto Pereira (CIMO/ESA-IPB; APH), Presidente José Peça (Univ. Évora) Laura Torres (CITAB, UTAD) Paula Baptista (CIMO/ESA-IPB) Pedro Reis (INIAV) Secretariado Carlos Reis (ESA/IPB) Marta Madureira (ESA/IPB) Actas Portuguesas de Horticultura, nº 31 (2020) ii VIII Simpósio Nacional de Olivicultura Prefácio A Associação Portuguesa de Horticultura (APH) tem o prazer de apresentar o volume 31 das Actas Portuguesas de Horticultura, que contém parte das comunicações apresentadas, sob a forma de comunicações orais e em painéis, no VIII Simpósio Nacional de Olivicultura, que decorreu em Santarém de 7 a 10 de junho de 2018. É já longa a tradição do Simpósio Nacional de Olivicultura, que ao longo de oito edições sempre se assumiu como o principal fórum de discussão, das problemáticas do setor no nosso País.
    [Show full text]
  • A Cross-Taxonomic Comparison of Insect Responses to Grassland Management and Land-Use Legacies 1, 1 1 2 3 DIANE M
    Copyright of the Ecological Society of America. A cross-taxonomic comparison of insect responses to grassland management and land-use legacies 1, 1 1 2 3 DIANE M. DEBINSKI, RAYMOND A. MORANZ, JOHN T. DELANEY, JAMES R. MILLER, DAVID M. ENGLE, 1 4,7 5 6 LAURA B. WINKLER, DEVAN A. MCGRANAHAN, ROBERT J. BARNEY, JAMES C. TRAGER, 4 4 ANDREW L. STEPHENSON, AND MOLLY K. GILLESPIE 1Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011 USA 2Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801 USA 3Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74078 USA 4Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011 USA 5Agricultural and Environmental Research Station, West Virginia State University, Institute, West Virginia 25112 USA 6Shaw Nature Reserve, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, Missouri 63110 USA Citation: Debinski, D. D., R. A. Moranz, J. T. Delaney, J. R. Miller, D. M. Engle, L. B. Winkler, D. A. McGranahan, R. J. Barney, J. C. Trager, A. L. Stephenson, and M. K. Gillespie. 2011. A cross-taxonomic comparison of insect responses to grassland management and land-use legacies. Ecosphere 2(12):131. doi: 10.1890/ES11-00226.1 Abstract. Many species of plants and animals associated with grasslands are rare or declining due to habitat loss and degradation. Although grassland plants and insects evolved in the context of both grazing and fire, the appropriate use of grazing and fire has been debated among those concerned with protecting insect communities. We established an experiment to test insect responses to three grassland management treatments: (1) patch-burn graze (burning of spatially distinct patches and free access by cattle), (2) graze- and-burn (burning of entire tract with free access by cattle), and (3) burn-only.
    [Show full text]
  • Of the Social Hymenoptera (Ants, Some Bees, and Some Wasps), Colonies of Ants Appear to Live Longest
    PRAIRIE ANT COLONY LONGEVITY AND MOUND GROWTH BY GREGG HENDERSON 1, RUSSEL O. WAGNER2, AND ROBERT L. JEANNE INTRODUCTION Of the social Hymenoptera (ants, some bees, and some wasps), colonies of ants appear to live longest. However, little information bearing on ant colony longevity exists (Wilson, 1971; Tschinkel, 1988), and much of it is anecdotal. Darwin (1859), for example, commented that some ant colonies must live as long as a human generation, and Forel (1928), fascinated by a colony of Formica pratensis in his childhood, found the nest still active 56 years later. Donisthorpe (1915) knew of a rufa nest in Weybridge, England, that was active for at least 20 years. More recently, long-term monitoring of mound growth has been conducted in an attempt to understand colony population dynamics (Andrews, 1925; Dreyer and Park, 1932; Dreyer, 1942; Scherba, 1958; Talbot, 1961). Dreyer (1942) projected a 25- to 30-year maxi- mum colony lifetime for Formica ulkei Emery, based on average changes in mound size for a population of colonies. Andrews (1925) took mound measurements for 19 years on a single nest of Formica exsectoides Forel, showing a clear exponential growth in mound size in the first half of the colony's life. Recently Tschinkel (1988) found that colony growth in Solenopsis invicta Buren fits a logistic curve, supporting the hypothesis that the growth of social insect colonies is regulated by density-dependent negative feedback mech- anisms (Wilson, 1971; Oster and Wilson, 1978; Levings and Tra- niello, 1981; H611dobler, 1986; Rissing, 1987; Tschinkel, 1988). Individual ant-mounds of the prairie ant, Formica montana Emery, discovered in a prairie remnant in southwestern Wisconsin, were mapped in 1956.
    [Show full text]
  • Hymenoptera, Formicidae)
    The Ohio State University Knowledge Bank kb.osu.edu Ohio Journal of Science (Ohio Academy of Science) Ohio Journal of Science: Volume 43, Issue 4 (July, 1943) 1943-07 The Ants of the Kildeer Plain Area of Ohio (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Amstutz, Mary Elizabeth The Ohio Journal of Science. v43 n4 (July, 1943), 165-173 http://hdl.handle.net/1811/3330 Downloaded from the Knowledge Bank, The Ohio State University's institutional repository THE ANTS OF THE KILDEER PLAIN AREA OF OHIO (HYMENOPTERA, FORMICIDAE)1 MARY ELIZABETH AMSTUTZ, 203 Samaritan Ave., Ashland, Ohio This paper consists of a description of the Kildeer Plain, a list of the varieties of ants found, and some notes in regard to their habits of nesting as observed in this area. Wherever variations in the geological conditions of a region occur, there are found corresponding differences both in the flora and fauna. The climatic conditions including temperature, precipitation, etc., may be quite similar, yet there appear an amazing number of different habitats for living organisms. The very fact that one type of soil is composed of clay while another is composed chiefly of sand or the fact that here may be good drainage while at some distant point may be none at all, certainly determines in no small measure the type of organism which will exist or fail to find desirable environment. This is true on a large scale across the entire width of the continent, on a smaller scale in the separate states and still more minutely, within the counties themselves. The species of ants found in the Kildeer Plain Area of Ohio are of particular interest to the myrmecologist, for here is a small area which geologically is unusual in the state.
    [Show full text]
  • A Checklist of the Ants of Montana By
    A CHECKLIST OF THE ANTS OF MONTANA BY GEORGE C. WHEELER AND JEANETTE WHEELER Research Associates, Florida Department of Agriculture The history of myrmecology in Montana probably began in 1913 with Wheeler's description of Formica subpolita from Helena and 1914 when he described a new species, Manica hunteri from Gallatin County. A considerable hiatus ensued until 1932 when Cole recorded Pogonomyrmex occidentalis from Custer County. In 1973 Borchert and Anderson published a thorough ecological analysis of the ants of the Bearpaw Mountains, one of the small ranges, which is mostly in Hill County. Thirty-three species were reported. In 1984 Youngs and Campbell published the results of a study of ants preying upon the western spruce budworm near the western border. They reported 4 species of Camponotus and 7 species of Formica from 3 localities in Missoula County and one in Sanders County, but they failed to indicate which species was taken in which locality. These records are indicated by YC. Six other authors have contributed a few records each. From Wing we got four records as spots on maps. D. R. Smith contrib- uted three species for the whole state. Five records are represented by gifts of specimens from Creighton. Finally we are greatly indebted to Roy R. Snelling for sending us 63 additional records based on specimens in the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum. During the summers of 1956, 1961, 1963, 1964 and 1965, while we were still at the University of North Dakota (Grand Forks), we made seven field trips into Montana to observe and collect ants in 32 of the 56 counties.
    [Show full text]
  • 7.4 166.4 436 502,6 542,0 None Water 591,0 656,5 669,6 746,5 762.2
    TABLE 3.8.1-7 Bald Eagle Winter Roost Habitat Evaluation along the Keystone Project Route State, Roost/Nest near Milepost Status County ROW Water Body Name - Comments Keystone Mainline 7.4 Frozen (no North Dakota, Nest Pembina River - 2 golden eagles perched roost survey) Cavalier near river 166.4 Frozen (no North Dakota, None Sheyenne River - no eagles observed roost survey) Ransom 436 Open South Dakota None Missouri River - 10 bald eagles about Yankton 5 miles upstream 502,6 Frozen (no Nebraska, None Elkhorn River- no eagles observed roost survey) Stanton 542,0 Limited open Nebraska, None Platte River - roosting more than 1 mile water Colfax/Buller upstream form ROW 591,0 Frozen (no Nebraska, None West Fork Big Blue River - no eagles roost survey) Saline observed 656,5 Open Kansas, Roost/nest Big Blue River - 2 baid eagles within 1 mile Marshall of ROW 669,6 Frozen (no Kansas, None South Fork Big Nemaha River - no eagles roost survey) Nemaha observed 746,5 Open Kansas! Roosts Missouri River - -12 eagles in or near ROW Missouri 762.2 Frozen (no Missouri, None Platte River - no eagles observed roost survey) Buchanan 772,9 Frozen (no Missouri, None Castile Creek - no eagles observed roost survey) Clinton 760,9 Frozen (no Missouri, None Uttle Platte River - no eagles observed roost survey) Clinton 640,6 Open Missouri, None Grand River - no eagles observed Carroll 645,9 Frozen (no Missouri, None Salt Creek - no eagles observed roost survey) Chariton 657,6 Frozen (no Missouri, None Mussel Fork Creek - no eagles observed roost survey) Chariton
    [Show full text]
  • Arthropod Species Diversity, Composition and Trophic Structure
    Loyola University Chicago Loyola eCommons Master's Theses Theses and Dissertations 1986 Arthropod Species Diversity, Composition and Trophic Structure at the Soil Level Biotope of Three Northeastern Illinois Prairie Remnants, with Botanical Characterization for Each Site Dean George Stathakis Loyola University Chicago Follow this and additional works at: https://ecommons.luc.edu/luc_theses Part of the Biology Commons Recommended Citation Stathakis, Dean George, "Arthropod Species Diversity, Composition and Trophic Structure at the Soil Level Biotope of Three Northeastern Illinois Prairie Remnants, with Botanical Characterization for Each Site" (1986). Master's Theses. 3435. https://ecommons.luc.edu/luc_theses/3435 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Theses and Dissertations at Loyola eCommons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Master's Theses by an authorized administrator of Loyola eCommons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License. Copyright © 1986 Dean George Stathakis ARTHROPOD SPECIES DIVERSITY, COMPOSITION AND TROPHIC STRUCTURE AT THE SOIL LEVEL BIOTOPE OF THREE NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS PRAIRIE REMNANTS, WITH BOTANICAL CHARACTERIZATION FOR EACH SITE by Dean George Stathakis A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Loyola University of Chicago in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science April 1986 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to thank Drs. John Smarrelli and Walter J. Tabachnick for their valuable comments, criticisms and suggestions regarding this manuscript. Thanks also to Dr. John J. Janssen for his advice in developing the computer programs used in the data analysis; Don McFall, Illinois Department of Conservation for the information on Illinois prairies; Alberts.
    [Show full text]