Biochemical and behavioral evidence foe hybridization between fire ants,Solenopsis invicta andSolenopsis richteri (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) |
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Authors: | Robert K vander Meer Clifford S Lofgren |
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Affiliation: | (1) U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, P.O. Box 14565, 32604 Gainesville, Florida |
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Abstract: | Behavioral and biochemical evidence is presented for hybridization between the fire ants,Solenopsis richteri andS. invicta. The response of the two species to extracts of their trail pheromones presented as a point source is clearly species-specific; however, hybrid workers responded to parental Dufour's gland extracts and parental workers responded to Dufour's gland extracts of the hybrid. The behavioral evidence for hybridization was confirmed by gas Chromatograph comparison of the Dufour's gland extracts of the three fire ant forms, which showed a pattern for the hybrid that was intermediate to the two parental species. |
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Keywords: | Fire ants Solenopsis invicta Solenopsis richten Hymenoptera Formicidae trail pheromone hybridization |
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