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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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Hoofdauteurs: Lohan Valadares, Fabio Santos do Nascimento
Formaat: Artigo
Taal:Inglês
Gepubliceerd in: Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia
Reeks:Revista Brasileira de Entomologia
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Online toegang:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085-56262016000400308&lng=en&tlng=en
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