Sources of nestmate recognition cues in the imported fire ant Solenopsis invicta buren (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

@article{Obin1988SourcesON,
  title={Sources of nestmate recognition cues in the imported fire ant Solenopsis invicta buren (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)},
  author={Martin S. Obin and Robert K. vander Meer},
  journal={Animal Behaviour},
  year={1988},
  volume={36},
  pages={1361-1370}
}
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Behavioral Discrimination between Monogyne and Polygyne Red Fire Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in their Native Range

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Queen primer pheromone affects conspecific fire ant (Solenopsis invicta) aggression

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Temporal changes in colony cuticular hydrocarbon patterns ofSolenopsis invicta

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Direct behavioral evidence for hydrocarbons as nestmate recognition cues in Formica japonica (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

There is direct evidence that cuticular hydrocarbons are responsible for nestmate recognition in Formica japonica distributing in Southern Honshu in Japan and both n-alkanes and (Z)-9-alkenes are necessary to discriminate nestmates from foreign conspecifics.
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