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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Autori principali: Lohan Valadares, Fabio Santos do Nascimento
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia
Serie:Revista Brasileira de Entomologia
Soggetti:
Atta sexdens
Cuticular hydrocarbons
Leafcutter ants
Worker subcaste
Accesso online:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085-56262016000400308&lng=en&tlng=en
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