caa a22 4500 467889643 CHVBK 20180406152745.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e20060901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00049-006-0344-x doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00049-006-0344-x Homopteran chemical signatures reduce aggression of tending ants [Elektronische Daten] [Dong-Hwan Choe, Michael Rust] Summary.: Because generalist ants are aggressive towards foreign insects, the recognition of homopterans by tending ants is critical in ant/homopteran trophobiosis. Herein we report experimental evidence indicating that Argentine ant, Linepithema humile (Mayr) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) learn to associate the production of honeydew with the chemical characteristics of homopteran cuticle, suppressing ant aggression and allowing the ants to tend homopterans. Although chemically-mediated associative learning is well understood in honeybee foraging, to our knowledge, it has not been reported before in ant/homopteran trophobiosis. Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel, 2006 Ant/homopteran mutualism nationallicence trophobiosis nationallicence aggression nationallicence Argentine ant nationallicence Linepithema humile nationallicence brown soft scale nationallicence Coccus hesperidum nationallicence associative learning nationallicence Choe Dong-Hwan Department of Entomology, University of California, 92521-0314, Riverside, CA, USA aut Rust Michael Department of Entomology, University of California, 92521-0314, Riverside, CA, USA aut CHEMOECOLOGY Birkhäuser-Verlag; http://www.birkhauser.ch 16/3(2006-09-01), 175-178 0937-7409 16:3<175 2006 16 49 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00049-006-0344-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00049-006-0344-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Choe Dong-Hwan Department of Entomology, University of California, 92521-0314, Riverside, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rust Michael Department of Entomology, University of California, 92521-0314, Riverside, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- CHEMOECOLOGY Birkhäuser-Verlag; http://www.birkhauser.ch 16/3(2006-09-01), 175-178 0937-7409 16:3<175 2006 16 49 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer