Static and evolutionary allometry in the Italian endemic ant species<i>Cataglyphis italica</i>(Emery 1906)

Centorame, Massimiliano; Angelino, Davide; Bonanni, Roberto; Fanfani, Alberto

doi:10.1080/03949370.2019.1639080

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“…1). As a result, foragers can hold their bodies up off the hot ground; an increase of just a few millimetres in leg length can reduce the air temperature surrounding the body by as much as 4°C (Sommer & Wehner, 2012; Centorame et al ., 2019). In addition, longer legs allow foragers to run faster, thereby maximising convective cooling and reducing the time spent outside the nest (Hurlbert, Ballantyne, & Powell, 2008; Sommer & Wehner, 2012; Pfeffer et al ., 2019).…”

Section: Morphological Adaptationsmentioning

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Adaptations to thermal stress in social insects: recent advances and future directions

Perez

2020

Biological Reviews

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Thermal stress is a major driver of population declines and extinctions. Shifts in thermal regimes create new environmental conditions, leading to trait adaptation, population migration, and/or species extinction. Extensive research has examined thermal adaptations in terrestrial arthropods. However, little is known about social insects, despite their major role in ecosystems. It is only within the last few years that the adaptations of social insects to thermal stress have received attention. Herein, we discuss what is currently known about thermal tolerance and thermal adaptation in social insects – namely ants, termites, social bees, and social wasps. We describe the behavioural, morphological, physiological, and molecular adaptations that social insects have evolved to cope with thermal stress. We examine individual and collective responses to both temporary and persistent changes in thermal conditions and explore the extent to which individuals can exploit genetic variability to acclimatise. Finally, we consider the costs and benefits of sociality in the face of thermal stress, and we propose some future research directions that should advance our knowledge of individual and collective thermal adaptations in social insects.

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Section: Morphological Adaptationsmentioning

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Adaptations to thermal stress in social insects: recent advances and future directions

Perez

2020

Biological Reviews

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“…Pipeline transportation is a critical component of our national transportation system and stands as one of the five major transportation systems in the country. It intricately connects oil and gas fields, storage facilities, and processing terminals into an organic whole, serving as the main artery of the oil and gas production and transportation system [2][3][4][5][6] . Pipelines play a crucial role in the national economy and social development.…”

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Mechanical structure design and simulation of multi-physical field integrated pipeline internal inspection detector

Huang,

Chen,

et al. 2024

Fourth International Conference on Mechanical, Electronics, and Electrical and Automation Control (METMS 2024)

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“…Workers of these genera exhibit similar behavioral and morphological adaptations likely resulting from a convergent evolutionary process in response to their peculiar thermal niche (Wehner & Wehner, 2011 ). They can withstand body temperature exceeding 45°C during a long period of time (Christian & Morton, 1992 ; Turner et al, 2000 ; Willot et al, 2017 ); their legs are considerably longer relative to their body size, which maximizes the distance between their body and the burning ground and allows higher running speed reducing foraging time and enhancing forced convective cooling (Centorame et al, 2019 ; Sommer & Wehner, 2012 ); and they periodically exploit thermal refuges in shaded areas or ground elevated places to benefit from cooler spots (Marsh, 1985 ). Recently, the transcriptomic heat‐shock response of six Cataglyphis species from different microhabitats and thermal regimes has been characterized (Perez et al, 2021 ; Willot et al, 2018 ).…”

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Facing lethal temperatures: Heat‐shock response in desert and temperate ants

Araujo,

Perez,

Willot

et al. 2023

Ecology and Evolution

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Global climate changes may cause profound effects on species adaptation, particularly in ectotherms for whom even moderate warmer temperatures can lead to disproportionate heat failure. Still, several organisms evolved to endure high desert temperatures. Here, we describe the thermal tolerance survival and the transcriptomic heat stress response of three genera of desert (Cataglyphis, Melophorus, and Ocymyrmex) and two of temperate ants (Formica and Myrmica) and explore convergent and specific adaptations. We found heat stress led to either a reactive or a constitutive response in desert ants: Cataglyphis holgerseni and Melophorus bagoti differentially regulated very few transcripts in response to heat (0.12% and 0.14%, respectively), while Cataglyphis bombycina and Ocymyrmex robustior responded with greater expression alterations (respectively affecting 0.6% and 1.53% of their transcriptomes). These two responsive mechanisms—reactive and constitutive—were related to individual thermal tolerance survival and convergently evolved in distinct desert ant genera. Moreover, in comparison with desert species, the two temperate ants differentially expressed thousands of transcripts more in response to heat stress (affecting 8% and 12.71% of F. fusca and Myr. sabuleti transcriptomes). In summary, we show that heat adaptation in thermophilic ants involved changes in the expression response. Overall, desert ants show reduced transcriptional alterations even when under high thermal stress, and their expression response may be either constitutive or reactive to temperature increase.

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Static and evolutionary allometry in the Italian endemic ant speciesCataglyphis italica(Emery 1906)

Cited by 8 publications

References 39 publications

Adaptations to thermal stress in social insects: recent advances and future directions

Adaptations to thermal stress in social insects: recent advances and future directions

Mechanical structure design and simulation of multi-physical field integrated pipeline internal inspection detector

Facing lethal temperatures: Heat‐shock response in desert and temperate ants

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