Author | dc.contributor.author | Flores Prado, Luis | |
Author | dc.contributor.author | Aguilera Olivares, Daniel | es_CL |
Author | dc.contributor.author | Niemeyer Marich, August | es_CL |
Admission date | dc.date.accessioned | 2011-04-05T11:29:39Z | |
Available date | dc.date.available | 2011-04-05T11:29:39Z | |
Publication date | dc.date.issued | 2007-11-01 | |
Cita de ítem | dc.identifier.citation | PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, Volume: 275, Issue: 1632, Pages: 285-291, 2008 | en_US |
Identifier | dc.identifier.issn | 0962-8452 | |
Identifier | dc.identifier.uri | https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/119141 | |
Abstract | dc.description.abstract | In eusocial Hymenoptera, females are more tolerant towards nest-mate than towards non-nest-mate
females. In solitary Hymenoptera, females are generally aggressive towards any conspecific female. Field
observations of the nest biology of Manuelia postica suggested nest-mate recognition. Experiments were
performed involving two live interacting females or one live female interacting with a dead female. Live
females from different nests were more intolerant to each other than females from the same nest. Females
were more intolerant towards non-nest-mate than towards nest-mate dead females. When dead females
were washed with pentane, no differences in tolerant and intolerant behaviours were detected between
non-nest-mate and nest-mate females. Females were more intolerant towards nest-mate female carcasses
coated with the cuticular extract from a non-nest-mate than towards non-nest-mate female carcasses
coated with the cuticular extract from a nest-mate. The compositions of the cuticular extracts was more
similar between females from the same nest than between females from different nests. The results
demonstrate for the first time nest-mate recognition mediated by cuticular chemicals in a largely solitary
species of Apidae. The position of Manuelia at the base of the Apidae phylogeny suggests that nest-mate
recognition in eusocial species apical to Manuelia represents the retention of a primitive capacity in Apidae. | en_US |
Patrocinador | dc.description.sponsorship | This research was
supported by a grant from the International Foundation
for Science (B/3916-1) to L.F.-P. | en_US |
Lenguage | dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
Publisher | dc.publisher | ROYAL SOC | en_US |
Keywords | dc.subject | nest-mate recognition | en_US |
Título | dc.title | Nest-mate recognition in Manuelia postica (Apidae : Xylocopinae): an eusocial trait is present in a solitary bee | en_US |
Document type | dc.type | Artículo de revista | |