Defensive repertoire of the stingless bee Melipona flavolineata Friese (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
| Autor: | L. Costa, L. G. von Zuben, Giorgio Cristino Venturieri, Túlio M. Nunes |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Túlio Marcos Nunes, USP, Lucas Garcia von Zuben, USP, LUCIANO COSTA, CPATU, GIORGIO CRISTINO VENTURIERI, CPATU. |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Stingless bee Lestrimelitta limao Zoology Hymenoptera Nest stomatognathic system Botany medicine mandibular gland Meliponini QH540-549.5 biology Apidae Ecology Repertoire biology.organism_classification medicine.anatomical_structure QL1-991 Insect Science Sex pheromone Defesa Pheromone QH1-278.5 pheromones Natural history (General) |
| Zdroj: | Repositório Institucional da EMBRAPA (Repository Open Access to Scientific Information from EMBRAPA-Alice) Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa) instacron:EMBRAPA Sociobiology, Vol 61, Iss 4 (2014) |
| Popis: | Despite the fact that Meliponini bee lost their sting apparatus (stingless bees), they did not lose their ability to defend themselves. A variety of defensive strategies is described for the group, such as bitting and resin deposition. Defensive behaviours are usually mediated by chemical communication such as alarm pheromones. This study describe the defensive strategies of the stingless bee Melipona flavolineata Friese 1900 towards known pheromone sources, the head secretions of the robber bee Lestrimelitta limao and the mandibular gland extract of conspecifics M. flavolineata workers. The pheromones provoked different defensive reactions. The head secretions of the robber bee repelled returning foragers, elicited the enclosing of the nest entrance tube with batumen balls and agglomeration of workers outside of the box. In contrast, the mandibular gland extract elicited aggression towards the pheromone site, transport of resin and generalised agitated flights. The results confirm the mandibular gland as a source of alarm pheromone for this specie and also the chemical triggering of defensive response for the known cleptoparasite L. limao. |
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