ATTRACTION OF THE SEXES IN FORMICA-LUGUBRIS ZETT (HYMENOPTERA, FORMICIDAE) Academic Article

abstract

• Sexuals of Formica lugubris fly to mating places, where females attract males by using a sex pheromone. Females collected on the nest surface before departing on a mating flight are much less attractive than those collected on the mating place after the mating flight, suggesting that the mating flight triggers the release of the sex pheromone. Olfactory cues are essential for males to locate females while they patrol. Males probably use visual cues to locate females once they have alighted nearby them. Males are also attracted by aggregations of other males on the ground, probably because one or several females are likely to be close to male aggregations. 1993 Birkhuser Verlag.

authors

• Vargo, Edward

published proceedings

• INSECTES SOCIAUX

author list (cited authors)

• CHERIX, D., FLETCHER, D., CHAUTEMS, D., FORTELIUS, W., GRIS, G., KELLER, L., ... WALTER, F.

citation count

• 5

complete list of authors

• CHERIX, D||FLETCHER, DJC||CHAUTEMS, D||FORTELIUS, W||GRIS, G||KELLER, L||ROSENGREN, R||VARGO, EL||WALTER, F

publication date

• September 1993

publisher

• Springer Nature  Publisher

published in

• Insectes Sociaux  Journal

keywords

• Ant
• Attraction
• Formica-lugubris
• Mating Communication
• Sexual Pheromone

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1007/BF01242368

start page

• 319

end page

• 324

volume

• 40

issue

• 3

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf01242368