Larval hemolymph feeding and oophagy: Behavior of queen and workers in theprimitive Ponerine ant Prionopelta kraepelini (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

Authors
Ito, F Billen, J
Citation
F. Ito et J. Billen, Larval hemolymph feeding and oophagy: Behavior of queen and workers in theprimitive Ponerine ant Prionopelta kraepelini (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), BELG J ZOOL, 128(2), 1998, pp. 201-209
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Animal Sciences
Journal title
BELGIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY
ISSN journal
07776276 → ACNP
Volume
128
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
201 - 209
Database
ISI
SICI code
0777-6276(199812)128:2<201:LHFAOB>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
The behavior of the queen and workers in the amblyoponine ant Prionopelta k raepelini was observed and compared with that of the queen and workers of F I amabilis. The queen fed mainly on larval hemolymph by pinching the larval body. Workers often laid trophic eggs, most of which were given to larvae. The foraging and recruitment behavior of workers were similar to P. amabil is.