Discrimination between workers of Acromyrmex subterraneus molestans from monogynous and polygynous colonies

Behavioral assays were conducted with individuals from monogynous and polygynous colonies of Acromyrmex subterraneus molestans to evaluate the discriminatory ability of ant workers. These bioassays showed that this subspecies could not discriminate among non-nestmates or nestmate workers. However, n...

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Main Authors: Danival José de Souza, Terezinha Maria Castro Della Lucia, Luiz Cláudio de Almeida Barbosa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar) 2006-03-01
Series:Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132006000300013