Geographic Affinity, Cuticular Hydrocarbons and Colony Recognition in the Australian Meat Ant Iridomyrmex purpureus

1999/02/08 by Mélissa Thomas, Melissa L. Thomas, Laura J. Parry +2 · 92 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #ANT #Aculeata #Argentine ant #Biology #Ecology #Formicoidea #Hymenoptera #Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior #Insect and Pesticide Research #Plant and animal studies #Zoology

paper · doi:10.1007/s001140050578

published in Naturwissenschaften 86(2), 87-92 (Springer Science and Business Media LLC)

crossref issued 1999/02/08 · crossref published 1999/02/08 · crossref published-print 1999/02/08 · openalex publication_date 1999/02/08 · crossref created 2002/08/25 · crossref deposited 2019/05/23 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · crossref indexed 2026/06/04 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/23

Citations

• The genetical evolution of social behaviour. I
• Polygyny via unrelated queens indicated by mitochondrial DNA variation in the Australian meat ant Iridomyrmex purpureus
• Colony dispersion and relationships of meat antsIridomyrmex purpureus and allies in an arid locality in south Australia

Cited by

• Nest- and colony-mate recognition in polydomous colonies of meat ants (Iridomyrmex purpureus)
• Conflict resolution strategies in meat ants (Iridomyrmex purpureus): ritualised displays versus lethal fighting
• The Influence of Relatedness, Neighbourhood and Overall Distance on Colony Mate Recognition in a Polydomous Ant
• Background odour may impair detection of chemical signals for social recognition
• The Rules of Aggression: How Genetic, Chemical and Spatial Factors Affect Intercolony Fights in a Dominant Species, the Mediterranean Acrobat Ant Crematogaster scutellaris
• Meat ant [wikipedia]