caa a22 4500 467889783 CHVBK 20180406152745.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e20061201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00049-006-0358-4 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00049-006-0358-4 Co-evolution-driven cuticular hydrocarbon variation between the slave-making ant Rossomyrmex minuchae and its host Proformica longiseta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) [Elektronische Daten] [Christine Errard, Francisca Ruano, Freddie-Jeanne Richard, Alain Lenoir, Alberto Tinaut, Abraham Hefetz] Summary.: Proformica longiseta exists as two populations in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in Spain, only one of which is parasitized by the slave-maker ant Rossomyrmex minuchae. To investigate the possible effect of co-evolutionary pressures on cuticular hydrocarbon (CHC) profiles (the presumed nestmate recognition cues), we performed a comparative analysis of the CHC of R. minuchae and P. longiseta colonies from both the allopatric and sympatric populations; the latter includes samples of enslaved as well as free-living workers. Discriminant analyses based on these chemical profiles showed two clear profile groups: the first comprised R. minuchae and both enslaved and free-living P. longiseta from the sympatric population; and the second the allopatric P. longiseta workers. As expected, the profiles of the two sympatric P. longiseta groups (enslaved and free-living) were distinct; but, interestingly, those of the enslaved P. longiseta and its parasite R. minuchae were also distinguishable. This indicates that despite their cohabitation each species maintains its own chemical identity. Profile similarity between the sympatric free-living P. longiseta and its parasite may explain the lower than expected aggression observed during raids. We further speculate that in view of the differences between the sympatric and allopatric population of P. longiseta, co-evolutionary pressures have driven changes in the profile of the former to better match that of its parasite R. minuchae. Such an adjustment may have enabled nests of the sympatric P. longiseta to endure multiple raids by the parasite (due to the reduced aggression) and thus to continue to reproduce despite the damage inflicted by the raids. Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel, 2006 Social parasitism nationallicence cuticular hydrocarbons nationallicence coevolution nationallicence Rossomyrmex minuchae nationallicence Proformica longiseta nationallicence Errard Christine Institut de Recherche sur la Biologie de l'Insecte, IRBI - UMR CNRS 6035, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université François Rabelais, F-37200, Tours, France aut Ruano Francisca Department of Animal Biology and Ecology, University of Granada, 18071, Granada, Spain aut Richard Freddie-Jeanne Institut de Recherche sur la Biologie de l'Insecte, IRBI - UMR CNRS 6035, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université François Rabelais, F-37200, Tours, France aut Lenoir Alain Institut de Recherche sur la Biologie de l'Insecte, IRBI - UMR CNRS 6035, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université François Rabelais, F-37200, Tours, France aut Tinaut Alberto Department of Animal Biology and Ecology, University of Granada, 18071, Granada, Spain aut Hefetz Abraham Department of Zoology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, 69978, Ramat Aviv, Israel aut CHEMOECOLOGY Birkhäuser-Verlag; www.birkhäuser.ch 16/4(2006-12-01), 235-240 0937-7409 16:4<235 2006 16 49 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00049-006-0358-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00049-006-0358-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Errard Christine Institut de Recherche sur la Biologie de l'Insecte, IRBI - UMR CNRS 6035, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université François Rabelais, F-37200, Tours, France aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ruano Francisca Department of Animal Biology and Ecology, University of Granada, 18071, Granada, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Richard Freddie-Jeanne Institut de Recherche sur la Biologie de l'Insecte, IRBI - UMR CNRS 6035, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université François Rabelais, F-37200, Tours, France aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lenoir Alain Institut de Recherche sur la Biologie de l'Insecte, IRBI - UMR CNRS 6035, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université François Rabelais, F-37200, Tours, France aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Tinaut Alberto Department of Animal Biology and Ecology, University of Granada, 18071, Granada, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hefetz Abraham Department of Zoology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, 69978, Ramat Aviv, Israel aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- CHEMOECOLOGY Birkhäuser-Verlag; www.birkhäuser.ch 16/4(2006-12-01), 235-240 0937-7409 16:4<235 2006 16 49 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer