Behaviour of Intranidal and Extranidal Major Workers of the African Carpenter Ant<i>Camponotus maculatus</i>Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) During Dyadic Nestmate Reunion Tests

Mazurkiewicz, Paweł; Wagner-Ziemka, A.; Mirecka, A.; Godzińska, Ewa Joanna

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“…Ants were usually isolated singly in test tubes. At the start of each test two tubes were opened and their open ends were put together, one against the other, to allow a confrontation of a dyad of ants (boulay et al 1999a, b, 2000bcybulska et al 2000;kaTzav-Gozansky et al 2004;korczyńska et al 2005;WaGner-zieMka et al 2006MazurkieWicz et al 2016).…”

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“…The authors of the first studies investigating the behavior of ants during dyadic nestmate reunion tests carried out after a period of social isolation used as subjects carpenter ants from the genus Camponotus, namely Camponotus fellah (boulay et al 1999a, b, 2000bkaTzav-Gozansky et al 2004), Camponotus herculeanus (korczyńska et al 2005), and two African species, Camponotus acvapimensis (cybulska et al 2000) and Camponotus maculatus 1 (WaGner-zieMka et al 2008;MazurkieWicz et al 2016). These studies discovered, among others, the phenomenon of the so called isolation-induced trophallaxis.…”

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“…Carpenter ant workers reunited with a nestmate after a period of social isolation ranging from 24 hours (Camponotus fellah: boulay et al 1999b;Camponotus acvapimensis: cybulska et al 2000) to 20 days (Camponotus fellah: boulay and lenoir 2001; Camponotus herculeanus: korczyńska et al 2005) showed increased propensity to engage in trophallaxis, a specific category of social contacts widespread in insect societies. Trophallaxis most frequently involves mutual contacts of mouthparts of two individuals accompanied by the exchange of liquid food and/or various active compounds, in particular cuticular hydrocarbons playing a crucial role in the mediation of nestmate recognition (Hölldobler and Wilson 1990, 1998cybulska and Godzińska 1999;Godzińska 2006;MazurkieWicz et al 2015;leonHardT 1 The ants used in these two studies (WaGner-zieMka et al 2008, MazurkieWicz et al 2016 were first identifed as Camponotus melanocnemis (Bolton, pers. comm.…”

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“…), and that species name was used in the paper of WaGner-zieMka et al (2008). However, that species name is now invalid, and, therefore, the correct name (Camponotus maculatus) has been used in the paper of MazurkieWicz et al (2016). isms in comparative behavioral and neurobiological research on biological roots of aggression and violence (kosToWski 1994;Hölldobler and Wilson 1998;Godzińska 2005Godzińska , 2007MazurkieWicz et al 2015), and in the experiments investigating pro-social behavior, and, in particular, rescue behavior (coming to the rescue of endangered individuals) (czecHoWski et al 2002; and Hollis 2010; Hollis and noWbaHari 2013a). Ant behavior also shows astounding diversity, which is not surprising, as several thousands of valid extant ant species have already been described on a world scale, and many other species remain still undiscovered.…”

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“…Isolation-induced trophallaxis was observed not only during dyadic nestmate reunion tests (boulay et al 1999a, b, 2000bcybulska et al 2000;kaTzav-Gozansky et al 2004;korczyńska et al 2005;WaGner-zieMka et al 2008;MazurkieWicz et al 2016), but also in several other studies during which isolated ants were reintroduced into their maternal nest (boulay et al 2000a), a colony fragment created by splitting their maternal colony into smaller units (boulay et al 2004), or an experimental arena containing a large group of their nestmates (boulay et al 2003;kaTzav-Gozansky et al 2004).…”

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Głównym celem tego przeglądu było ukazanie, że nawet stosunkowo proste testy behawioralne mogą umożliwić uzyskanie ważnych wyników. Test spotkania dwójki towarzyszek stosowany w badaniach zachowań społecznych mrówek polega na konfrontacji dwóch towarzyszek z tej samej kolonii i może być poprzedzany różnymi zabiegami, takimi jak izolacja społeczna lub podawanie związków neuroaktywnych. Dwójkowy test badający zachowania ratunkowe polega na konfrontacji swobodnie poruszającej się mrówki z towarzyszką znajdującą się w niebezpieczeństwie. Testy spotkania dwójki towarzyszek umożliwiają uzyskiwanie ogromnego bogactwa wyników poszerzających naszą wiedzę o behawioralnych efektach izolacji społecznej, uwarunkowaniach przyczynowych różnych typów kontaktów społecznych, rozpoznawaniu towarzyszek z tej samej kolonii, roli amin biogennych w sterowaniu zachowaniami społecznymi mrówek, polimorfizmie behawioralnym i podziale pracy w społeczeństwach mrówek, ontogenezie behawioralnej mrówek, różnorodności i zmienności zachowań mrówek, roli czynników ekologicznych w ewolucji zachowań mrówek, oraz biologicznych korzeniach zachowań agresywnych i prospołecznych.

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Humans and other social mammals experience isolation from their group as stressful, triggering behavioural and physiological anomalies that reduce fitness. While social isolation has been intensely studied in social mammals, it is less clear how social insects, which evolved sociality independently, respond to isolation. Here we examined whether the typical mammalian responses to social isolation, e.g., an impaired ability to interact socially and immune suppression are also found in social insects. We studied the consequences of social isolation on behaviour and brain gene expression in the ant Temnothorax nylanderi. Following isolation, workers interacted moderately less with adult nestmates, increased the duration of brood contact, and reduced the time spent self‐grooming, an important sanitary behaviour. Our brain transcriptome analysis revealed that only a few behaviour‐related genes had altered their expression with isolation time. Rather, many genes linked to immune system functioning and stress response had been downregulated. This probably sensitizes isolated individuals to various stressors, in particular because isolated workers exhibit reduced sanitary behaviour. We provide evidence of the diverse consequences of social isolation in social insects, some of which resemble those found in social mammals, suggesting a general link between social well‐being, stress tolerance, and immune competence in social animals.

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Meeting food security is one of the major global challenges to ensure sufficient supply of food for current and future generations, considering increasing population growth and climate change issues. Consequently, the consumption of edible insects as an alternative food source has recently gained global attention for combating global food insecurity. The present review aims to provide information on the recent progress in consumption of edible black ant Smith, particularly Carebara vidua, as the main focus. The global consumption record of edible black ant Smith and consumer acceptance as well as the strategies used to increase consumer acceptance of eating edible black ant smith were proposed. In addition, the bioecology of black ant Smith was covered in this review. Further, details are provided in this review on the benefits to health, economy, and environment of practicing eating edible insects such as black ant Smith. Focus on the potential uses of Carebara vidua as a food ingredient in culinary cuisine and their safety concerns from rearing until processing were highlighted. The SCOPUS database was analysed using bibliometric software to understand the connections between recent scientific outputs and ant as human food thoroughly. BioRender software was used to create scientific figures. It is noteworthy to highlight that black ant smith contains high protein and micronutrient, especially iron and zinc are higher than that of plant-, animal-based food, and seafood that contribute significantly to meeting the daily protein and mineral intake amount for human. Moreover, the exhibition of antimicrobial and antioxidant properties of edible black ant smith suggests that it can be used as a future functional ingredients for food, pharmaceutical, and cosmetics purposes. Hence, edible black ant smith is promising as an alternative and potential source of food or medicine for sustainable food security.

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Behaviour of Intranidal and Extranidal Major Workers of the African Carpenter AntCamponotus maculatusFabricius (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) During Dyadic Nestmate Reunion Tests

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Dyadic Nestmate Reunion Test in the Research on Ant Social Behavior

Dyadic Nestmate Reunion Test in the Research on Ant Social Behavior

Social isolation causes downregulation of immune and stress response genes and behavioural changes in a social insect

Edible black ant Smith (Carebara vidua) as human food – A systematic review

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