Communication in the migratory termite-hunting ant Pachycondyla (= Termitopone) marginata (Formicidae, Ponerinae)

Hölldobler, Bert; Janssen, Edelgard; Bestmann, H. J.; Kern, F.; Leal, Inara R.; Oliveira, Paulo S.; König, Wilfried Α.

doi:10.1007/bf00189589

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“…For example, in numerous species of highly social insects, cooperative activities such as foraging, brood care, nest defense and colony movements are organized by suites of chemical and tactile signals (Hölldobler and Wilson, 1990;Hölldobler et al, 1996;Roces and Hölldobler, 1996;Savoyard et al, 1998). The tactile signals are often "vibration like", in that they involve rapid oscillatory movements of the signaler's body and elicit increased activity in recipients by altering responsiveness to other stimuli (reviewed in Schneider et al, 1986a;Hölldobler, 1995Hölldobler, , 1999.…”

Section: The Role Of Modulatory Signals In Cooperative Activitiesmentioning

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The vibration signal, modulatory communication and the organization of labor in honey bees, Apis mellifera

Schneider

Lewis

2004

Apidologie

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-Cooperative activities in honey bee colonies involve the coordinated interactions of multiple workers that perform different, but interrelated tasks. A central objective in the study of honey bee sociality therefore is to understand the communication signals used to integrate behavior within and among worker groups. This paper focuses on the role of the "vibration signal" in organizing labor in honey bee colonies. The vibration signal functions as a type of "modulatory communication signal". It is directed toward diverse recipients, causes a non-specific increase in activity that may alter responsiveness to a wide array of stimuli, and thus may influence the performance of many different tasks simultaneously. We review the empirical evidence that the signal is involved in coordinating at least three colony-level activities: food collection and foraging-dependent tasks, queen behavior during swarming and queen replacement, and house hunting by honey bee swarms. Signals that function like the vibration signal may be widespread in highly social insects and social animals in general, and may help to fine-tune the collective decision-making processes that underlie cooperative actions in a wide array of species.vibration signal / modulatory communication / collective decision making / Apis mellifera / multimodal signals

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The vibration signal, modulatory communication and the organization of labor in honey bees, Apis mellifera

Schneider

Lewis

2004

Apidologie

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“…In some ponerine species the pygidial gland produces recruitment and trail pheromones, e.g., in Pachycondyla lae6igata or in P. marginata (Hö lldobler & Traniello, 1980;Hö lldobler et al 1996). Mystrium rogeri is endowed with a remarkably well developed pygidial gland, considerably larger than those in other amblyoponine genera investigated.…”

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Chemical trail communication in the amblyoponine species Mystrium rogeri Forel (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Ponerinae)

Hölldobler¹,

Obermayer²,

Alpert

1998

Chemoecology

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Workers of the amblyoponine species Mystrium rogeri employ trail communication during recruitment to food sources and new nest sites. The trail pheromone originates from a hitherto unknown sternal gland located in the 7th abdominal sternite. The recruiting ant deposits the gland secretions by a special gaster-dragging behavior. The recruitment behavior can be complemented by a rapid vertical body shaking performed by some recruiting ants inside the nest. M. rogeri workers possess a large pygidial gland, the secretion of which elicits a repellent response in other ant species.

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“…Our results suggest that the vibration signal is part of the caste interactions associated with the male component of colony reproductive output in honey bees. Vibratory signals are involved in colony reproduction in a variety of wasps, bees, and ants (Hölldobler et al, 1996;Pierce et al, 2007;Jeanne, 2009;Suryanarayanan et al, 2010) and may provide valuable tools for exploring the influence of reproductive quality on caste interactions in many insect societies.…”

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The influence of drone physical condition on the likelihood of receiving vibration signals from worker honey bees, Apis mellifera

Slone¹,

Stout²,

Zhi

et al. 2011

Insect. Soc.

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Honey bee workers will perform vibration signals on adult drones, which respond by increasing the time spent receiving trophallaxis. Because trophallaxis provides the proteins for sexual maturation, workers could direct vibration signals towards drones showing certain physical characteristics, potentially influencing drone development and colony reproductive output. We examined the influence of drone condition on the likelihood of receiving vibration signals by comparing body weight, protein concentrations, and hemolymph juvenile hormone (JH) titers between drones that received the vibration signal and same-age, nonvibrated controls. Vibrated and control drones did not differ in total body weight, abdomen weight, abdomen-to-body weight ratio, total protein concentrations, or hemolymph JH titers. In contrast, vibrated drones had significantly lower thorax weight and smaller thorax-to-body weight ratios compared with controls. Because relative thorax weight may affect flight ability and mating success, workers could use the vibration signal to increase the care received by less developed drones, potentially contributing to the production of greater numbers of competitive males. However, the differences in thorax weights, while significant, were very small, and it is unknown how such slight differences might be assessed by workers or affect drone performance. Nevertheless, vibration signals performed on drones may provide opportunities for exploring the effect of the quality of reproductive individuals on caste interactions in honey bees.

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Communication in the migratory termite-hunting ant Pachycondyla (= Termitopone) marginata (Formicidae, Ponerinae)

Cited by 25 publications

References 18 publications

The vibration signal, modulatory communication and the organization of labor in honey bees, Apis mellifera

The vibration signal, modulatory communication and the organization of labor in honey bees, Apis mellifera

Chemical trail communication in the amblyoponine species Mystrium rogeri Forel (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Ponerinae)

The influence of drone physical condition on the likelihood of receiving vibration signals from worker honey bees, Apis mellifera

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