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Pol, R.G.; De Casenave, J.L.; Feldhaar, H.; Milesi, F.A.; Gadau, J. "Polyandry in two South American harvester ants" (2008) Insectes Sociaux. 55(1):91-97
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Abstract:

Although monandry (single mating) is the ancestral state in social hymenopteran insects, effective mating frequencies greater than 2 have been confirmed for a fair amount of ant species: Cataglyphis cursor, the leaf-cutters of the genera Atta and Acromyrmex, army ants of the genera Eciton, Dorylus, Aenictus and Neivamyrmex, and some North American seed harvester species of the genus Pogonomyrmex. This last genus spreads throughout open arid habitats from Patagonia to southwestern Canada. Whereas some North American Pogonomyrmex species are thoroughly studied, we know much less about these ants in South America. The objective of this study was to estimate the effective mating frequency of Pogonomyrmex inermis and P. pronotalis, two Pogonomyrmex sensu stricto species from the central Monte desert of Argentina. A total of 477 P. pronotalis workers from 24 colonies and 402 P. inermis workers from 20 colonies were analyzed using six and four highly polymorphic microsatellites, respectively. The multilocus analysis revealed that all colonies were monogynous and all queens multiply-mated. The effective mating frequency was 8.75 and 6.52 for queens of P. pronotalis and P. inermis, respectively; those values increased up to 15.66 and 9.78, respectively, when corrected for sampling errors. This is the first demonstration that queens in at least some members of the South American Pogonomyrmex sensu stricto are strictly polyandrous, with mating numbers per queen at least as high as those previously found for North American species. We suggest that multiple mating probably arose early in the evolution of the genus Pogonomyrmex and may be the basis of its ecological success and wide distribution. © 2007 Birkhaeuser.

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Documento: Artículo
Título:Polyandry in two South American harvester ants
Autor:Pol, R.G.; De Casenave, J.L.; Feldhaar, H.; Milesi, F.A.; Gadau, J.
Filiación:Desert Community Ecology Research Team (Ecodes), Argentine Institute for Arid Zones Research (IADIZA-CONICET), Casilla de Correo 507, 5500 Mendoza, Argentina
Desert Community Ecology Research Team (Ecodes), Depto.Ecología, Genética Y Evolución, Universidad de Buenos Aires, C1428EHA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Institute of Behavioral Physiology and Sociobiology, University of Würzburg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, United States
Palabras clave:Ants; Mating frequency; Microsatellites; Monte desert; Pogonomyrmex inermis; Pogonomyrmex pronotalis; Polyandry; ant; arid environment; evolution; mating behavior; multiple mating; polyandry; queen; social insect; Argentina; Mendoza; Monte Desert; Patagonia; South America; Acromyrmex; Aenictus; Atta; Cataglyphis cursor; Eciton; Formicidae; Hexapoda; Neivamyrmex; Pogonomyrmex; Pogonomyrmex inermis; Pogonomyrmex pronotalis
Año:2008
Volumen:55
Número:1
Página de inicio:91
Página de fin:97
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00040-007-0975-0
Título revista:Insectes Sociaux
Título revista abreviado:Insectes Sociaux
ISSN:00201812
CODEN:INSOA
Registro:https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00201812_v55_n1_p91_Pol

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Pol, R.G., De Casenave, J.L., Feldhaar, H., Milesi, F.A. & Gadau, J. (2008) . Polyandry in two South American harvester ants. Insectes Sociaux, 55(1), 91-97.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00040-007-0975-0
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Pol, R.G., De Casenave, J.L., Feldhaar, H., Milesi, F.A., Gadau, J. "Polyandry in two South American harvester ants" . Insectes Sociaux 55, no. 1 (2008) : 91-97.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00040-007-0975-0
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Pol, R.G., De Casenave, J.L., Feldhaar, H., Milesi, F.A., Gadau, J. "Polyandry in two South American harvester ants" . Insectes Sociaux, vol. 55, no. 1, 2008, pp. 91-97.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00040-007-0975-0
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Pol, R.G., De Casenave, J.L., Feldhaar, H., Milesi, F.A., Gadau, J. Polyandry in two South American harvester ants. Insectes Sociaux. 2008;55(1):91-97.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00040-007-0975-0