A behavioural study of transporter workers inCataglyphis ibericaant colonies (Hymenoptera Formicidae)
作者:
X. Cerda,
J. Retana,
期刊:
Ethology Ecology & Evolution
(Taylor Available online 1992)
卷期:
Volume 4,
issue 4
页码: 359-374
ISSN:0394-9370
年代: 1992
DOI:10.1080/08927014.1992.9523128
出版商: Taylor & Francis Group
关键词: ant;Formicidae;Cataglyphis iberica;temporal caste;social carrying
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
InCataglyphis ibericaant societies, social carrying of workers from one nest to another of the polycalic colony is a common phenomenon mostly performed by a group of workers, the transporters. They are old workers (with completely resorbed ovaries and low fat body content), included among the most active individuals of the colony, and specialized in adult transport. Behaviourally they occupy an intermediate position between interior and exterior workers, since they perform, together with adult transport, some activities characteristic of those two groups of workers. Notwithstanding, their characterization as an independent group varies greatly between periods and colonies.
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