Recruitment behaviour in the ponerine ant, Plectroctena mandibularis F. Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Although workers of Plectroctena mandibularis laid trails with their stings while foraging, the trails appeared to be for individual orientation, because they never recruited nestmates to prey. However, both workers and queens laid trails when recruiting nestmates of either caste to new nest sites....

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Main Authors: Wilkins, K J, Harman, K, Villet, Martin Herrer
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: 2006
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1011647