Chemical cuticular signature of leafcutter ant Atta sexdens (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) worker subcastes

ABSTRACT In leafcutter ants the division of labour is associated to worker size variation clustered in four subcastes. In this work we used Atta sexdens Forel (1908) as a model to test the hypothesis that each subcaste expresses its own chemical signature comprised of cuticular lipids. To assess it,...

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Main Authors: Lohan Valadares, Fabio Santos do Nascimento
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia
Series:Revista Brasileira de Entomologia
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Atta sexdens
Cuticular hydrocarbons
Leafcutter ants
Worker subcaste
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