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A test for variation in slave species work efficiency in mixed slave-maker, Protomognathus americanus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), colonies

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: The possibility that some species of slaves might work more efficiently than others in slave-maker colonies was studied using colonies of the slave-maker ant, Protomognathus americanus (EMERY, 1895) that contained two slave species Temnothorax longispinosus (ROGER, 1863) and T. curvispinosus (MAYR, 1866). No difference between the contribution to foraging between the two species was found. This suggests that slaves of the less common slave species are not adjusting their behavior in the presence of another, more common slave-species.

Source: Österreichische Gesellschaft für Entomofaunistik (OEGEF)

DOI: 10.25849/myrmecol.news_011:039

Author: Timothy M. Judd

Institution: Southeast Missouri State University

Language: English

Topic: Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior

Subfield: Genetics

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2139043972

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