Effects of Queen Body Parts on the Production of New Sexuals in the Pharaoh's Ant, Monomorium pharaonis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

dc.contributor.author	Lee, Chow Yang
dc.date.accessioned	2017-08-08T01:23:39Z
dc.date.available	2017-08-08T01:23:39Z
dc.date.issued	2005
dc.description.abstract	The effects of the presence of queen body parts on the production of new sexuals in the Pharaoh's ant, Monomorium pharaonis were determined in this study. Whole live queens, whole dead queens and queen's thorax. head and gaster were used respectively in ant colonies consisting of300-400 workers and 0.5 g of brood. Reproductives started emerging at day 57 after initiation of the experiment. Results showed that replicates with live queens were the slowest to produce sexuals. By day 64. only queenless replicates showed inSignificant difference with the queenright colonies. At day 85, replicates with queen's gasters were not sIgnificantly different from the queenrIght and queenless colonIes. causing the authors to suggest that suppression pheromones could be stored in the queen's gaster. Production of male alates was irregular throughout the entire 15 weeks of experiment. We hypothesize that a male alate could inseminate more than one virgin queen in its life. Keywords: Monomorium pharaonis, queen, pheromones.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/4335
dc.title	Effects of Queen Body Parts on the Production of New Sexuals in the Pharaoh's Ant, Monomorium pharaonis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)	en_US
dc.type	Technical Report	en_US

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