先前在杂色铺道蚁（膜翅目，蚁科，切叶蚁亚科）最后腹节腹板上发现的一种信息素可能具有的功能。

Possible function for a previously discovered pheromone on the last sternite of the ant Tetramorium impurum mayr (hymenoptera, formicidae, myrmicinae).

作者信息

Verhaeghe J C, Cammaerts M C

机构信息

Laboratoire de Biologie Animale et Cellulaire, Faculté des Sciences, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgium.

出版信息

Behav Processes. 1993 Feb;28(3):199-207. doi: 10.1016/0376-6357(93)90093-7.

DOI:10.1016/0376-6357(93)90093-7

PMID:24897605

Abstract

Experimental results show that, if laid together with a poison gland extract on artificial trails, the ethological factor previously found on the last visible sternite of Tetramorium impurum incites ants to prefer these trails to poison gland ones, as well as newer trails to older ones. It is demonstrated that the foragers effectively deposit onto the ground some factor acting synergistically with poison gland secretions as a trail pheromone. This factor, which may be the one under study, may incite ants to follow preferentially the newest trails traced on their foraging area.

摘要

实验结果表明，如果将其与毒腺提取物一起放置在人工路径上，先前在不洁四节蚁最后可见腹节上发现的行为学因素会促使蚂蚁更喜欢这些路径而非毒腺路径，并且更喜欢新路径而非旧路径。结果表明，觅食者会有效地在地面上沉积一些与毒腺分泌物协同作用作为踪迹信息素的因素。这个因素，可能就是正在研究的那个因素，可能会促使蚂蚁优先跟随在它们觅食区域上最新留下的路径。