一种印度蚁(膜翅目:蚁科)的脂质食物偏好和工具运输:野外研究

IF 0.7 4区 农林科学 Q4 ENTOMOLOGY
Ritika Sarkar, Sarmistha Banik, Ranajit Karmakar
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除了蛋白质和碳水化合物,法老蚂蚁(Monomoroium pharaonis)更喜欢脂肪类食物,尤其是当它在殖民地变得有限的时候。我们使用四种不同的食品级脂类,如芥末油、葵花籽油、椰子油和黄油,在指定的时间框架内(11.15小时- 14.15小时)连续七天。有一个特定的时区,在所有四种食物诱饵上积累的蚂蚁数量最多,峰值不同。葵花籽油是最受欢迎的食物,芥菜油是最不受欢迎的食物。观察到的四种脂质饵料中蚂蚁数量的差异可归因于其物理特性和营养成分。我们还注意到觅食活动的一个有趣特征:在四个不同的觅食种姓中,收集和运输食物的主要角色主要由两个种姓,中等和大种姓承担。本研究中使用的大多数工具是0.5mm的天然砂粒。与其他两类相比,他们更经常使用最小的工具。我们的蚂蚁(M. pharaonis)只把浸过黄油的最小工具运回巢穴。法老蚂蚁更频繁地使用最小的工具,这可能是因为所研究的蚂蚁物种有效地管理了特定尺寸的工具。我们的蚂蚁只把浸过黄油的最小工具运回巢穴。结果表明,黄油是该蚁群最重要的脂质食物。
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Lipid Food Preference and Transportation Using Tools by an Indian Ant Species Monomorium pharaonis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): A Field Study
Besides proteins and carbohydrates, the Pharaoh ant (Monomoroium pharaonis) prefers lipid foods especially when it becomes limiting in the colony. We used four different food-grade lipids such as mustard oil, sunflower oil, coconut oil and butter for seven consecutive days for a specified time frame (11.15 hr - 14.15 hr). There was a specific time zone in which the highest number of ants accumulated at all four food baits with varying peak values. Sunflower oil was the most preferred food, and mustard oil showed the lowest like. The differential number of ants in all four lipid food baits under observation can be attributed to the physical features and nutrient content. We also noted an interesting feature of the foraging activity: the major role of gathering and transporting food was performed primarily by two castes, intermediate and large, among the four distinct foraging castes. Most tools used in the present investigation were <0.5mm and of naturally available sand particles. They used the smallest tools more often as compared with the size of the other two categories. Our ant (M. pharaonis) transported only the butter-soaked smallest tools back to the nest. M. pharaonis used the smallest tools more often and this could be because the particular-sized tools were efficiently managed by the ant species under study. Our ants transported only the butter-soaked smallest tools back to the nest. It is revealed that butter was the most important lipid food for the particular ant colony of M. pharaonis.
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Sociobiology
Sociobiology 生物-昆虫学
CiteScore
1.60
自引率
11.10%
发文量
28
审稿时长
3 months
期刊介绍: SOCIOBIOLOGY publishes high quality articles that significantly contribute to the knowledge of Entomology, with emphasis on social insects. Articles previously submitted to other journals are not accepted. SOCIOBIOLOGY publishes original research papers and invited review articles on all aspects related to the biology, evolution and systematics of social and pre-social insects (Ants, Termites, Bees and Wasps). The journal is currently expanding its scope to incorporate the publication of articles dealing with other arthropods that exhibit sociality. Articles may cover a range of subjects such as ecology, ethology, morphology, population genetics, physiology, toxicology, reproduction, sociobiology, caste differentiation as well as economic impact and pest management.
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