A5053632634- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Insect and Pesticide Research
- Insect Utilization and Effects
- Plant and animal studies
- Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
Institute of Science and Technology Austria
2023
BOKU University
2018-2019
Abstract Treating sick group members is a hallmark of collective disease defence in vertebrates and invertebrates alike. Despite substantial effects on pathogen fitness epidemiology, it still largely unknown how pathogens react to the selection pressure imposed by care intervention. Using social insects pathogenic fungi, we here performed serial passage experiment presence or absence colony members, which provide immunity grooming off infectious spores from exposed individuals. We found...
A taxonomic description of all castes Colobopsis explodens Laciny & Zettel, sp. n. from Borneo, Thailand, and Malaysia is provided, which serves as a model species for biological studies on "exploding ants" in Southeast Asia. The new member the cylindrica (COCY) group falls into complex that has been repeatedly summarized under name saundersi (Emery, 1889) (formerly Camponotus saundersi). COCY known its vernacular unique behaviour: during territorial combat, workers some sacrifice themselves...
Forty-five volatile organic compounds (VOCs) were identified or annotated in the mandibular gland reservoir content (MGRC) of Southeast Asian ant Colobopsis explodens Laciny and Zettel, 2018 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), using headspace solid-phase microextraction (HS-SPME) coupled to gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS) liquid extraction combined with GC-MS. In extension previous reports on VOCs C. explodens, members different compound classes, such as alkanes, aliphatic aromatic...
The aim of this manuscript is to present a protocol describing the metabolomic analysis Bornean 'exploding ants' belonging Colobopsis cylindrica (COCY) group.For purpose, model species C. explodens used.Ants minor worker caste possess distinctive hypertrophied mandibular glands (MGs).In territorial combat, they use viscous contents their enlarged gland reservoirs (MGRs) kill rival arthropods in characteristic suicidal 'explosions' by voluntary rupture gastral integument (autothysis).We show...
The aim of this manuscript is to present a protocol describing the metabolomic analysis Bornean 'exploding ants' belonging Colobopsis cylindrica (COCY) group. For purpose, model species C. explodens used. Ants minor worker caste possess distinctive hypertrophied mandibular glands (MGs). In territorial combat, they use viscous contents their enlarged gland reservoirs (MGRs) kill rival arthropods in characteristic suicidal 'explosions' by voluntary rupture gastral integument (autothysis). We...