Feeding Acceptability of Certain Insects and Various Water-Soluble Compounds to Two Varieties of the Imported Fire Ant12

Ricks, B. L.; Vinson, Bradleigh S.

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“…Overall, the species richness of non-ant arthropods was 30% lower in infested sites, and numbers of individuals were 75% lower. Ricks and Vinson (1970) demonstrated that imported fire ants preferred some species of arthropods to others but would feed on any insect. The general conclusion was that imported fire ants attacked, killed, .and consumed any invertebrate that would not defend itself adequately or escape.…”

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Red Imported Fire Ants: Impact on Biodiversity

Wojcik¹,

Allen²,

Brenner³

et al. 2001

American Entomologist

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Red Imported Fire Ants: Impact on Biodiversity

Wojcik¹,

Allen²,

Brenner³

et al. 2001

American Entomologist

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“…Several ant species have been studied with respect to their relative sugar acceptance threshold as well as their sugar preference (Schmidt 1938;Ricks and Vinson 1970;Cornelius et al 1996;Völkl et al 1999), sometimes also in combination with amino acids (Baker and Baker 1973;Lanza et al 1993;Wada et al 2001). A trend for Myrmica rubra, M. (=Manica) rubida and Lasius niger is that sucrose, raffinose, maltose and melizitose are perceived at lower concentrations as compared to glucose and fructose (Schmidt 1938).…”

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Gustatory perception and metabolic utilization of sugars by Myrmica rubra ant workers

Boevé

Wäckers

2003

Oecologia

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The suitability of various nectar and honeydew sugars as a food source for the polyphagous ant species M. rubra (L.) was studied. The sugars used included monosaccharides (fructose, glucose, galactose, mannose, rhamnose), disaccharides (sucrose, maltose, trehalose, melibiose, lactose) and trisaccharides (melizitose, raffinose, erlose). Single-sugar solutions were tested on ant workers in a long-term laboratory bioassay in which acceptance of the solutions and ant survival were recorded. The acceptance of the sugars was confirmed in a second bioassay in which feeding time was established. Enzymatic hydrolysis of sucrose, maltose and melibiose was investigated through HPLC analyses of workers fed these disaccharides. Sugar acceptance and feeding time were related to ant survival. Considering the monosaccharide units of which the sugars are composed, fructose seems especially suitable as a short-term energy source, while glucose appears to be used both directly and for storage. The presence of a galactose unit appears to reduce sugar suitability. It is suggested that the workers possess invertase and maltase and to a lesser degree also galactosidase. The gustatory perception is correlated with the profitability of sugars in further metabolic processes.

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“…La invertasa está difundida ampliamente entre las hormigas (Ayre 1967;Ricks & Vinson 1970, 1972 lo cual les permite ingerir la sacarosa como fuente de energía, pero diferencias en la actividad de la enzima en cada especie podría determinar, al menos parcialmente, una mayor o menor preferencia por el disacárido sacarosa (Heil et al 2005).…”

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Preferencias entre cinco carbohidratos en Pheidole bilimeki (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Rosas‐Mejía

Correa-Sandoval

Venegas-Barrera

et al. 2015

AZM

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, J. V. 2015. Preferencias entre cinco carbohidratos en Pheidole bilimeki (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Acta Zoológica Mexicana (n. s.), 31(2): 291-297. RESUMEN.Los carbohidratos comunes en fuentes naturales de energía para las hormigas son: sacarosa, fructosa, glucosa, trehalosa y melezitosa. En este estudio se establecieron preferencias entre estos cinco carbohidratos en Pheidole bilimeki Mayr a través de la conducta de reclutamiento. El orden de efectividad reclutadora de los cinco quí-micos fue: sacarosa > melezitosa = trehalosa > fructosa > glucosa. En todos los azúcares la respuesta fue dependiente de la concentración entre 0.1 M y 1 M. Los tiempos bebiendo fueron los mismos en todos los carbohidratos, por lo cual se descarta que distintos volúmenes de solución ingerida determinen diferentes cantidades de feromona reclutadora secretada. Se propone que diferentes niveles de interacción de los azúcares con los receptores gustativos determina la intensidad del reflejo liberador de la feromona. Palabras clave: hormigas, trehalosa, feromona reclutadora, melezitosa. ABSTRACT. Sucrose, fructose, glucose, trehalose and melezitose are sugars commonly found in natural sources of energy of ants. In this study were established preferences through the recruitment behavior to these carbohydrates in Pheidole bilimeki Mayr. The order of effectiveness of the five chemicals was: sucrose > melezitose = trehalose > fructose > glucose. In all sugars the responses were dependent to the concentration between 0.1M and 1M. The time invested in drinking per ant was the same in all carbohydrates, therefore, it is discarded that different volumes of solution ingested could determine different amounts of secreted trail pheromone. We propose that different levels of interaction of sugars with their gustatory receptors could determine the intensity of pheromone releasing reflex. Rosas

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Feeding Acceptability of Certain Insects and Various Water-Soluble Compounds to Two Varieties of the Imported Fire Ant12

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Red Imported Fire Ants: Impact on Biodiversity

Red Imported Fire Ants: Impact on Biodiversity

Gustatory perception and metabolic utilization of sugars by Myrmica rubra ant workers

Preferencias entre cinco carbohidratos en Pheidole bilimeki (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

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