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Title:		Tandem calling: a new kind of signal in ant communication
Author(s):		Moglich M; Maschwitz U; Holldobler B;
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Journal Title:		Science
Year:		1974
Volume:		186
Issue:		4168
Page Number:		1046 - 1047
DOI:		10.1126/science.186.4168.1046
ISSN/ISBN:		0036-8075 (Print) 0036-8075 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Leptothorax acervorum, L. muscorum, and L. nylanderi recruit nest mates to a new food source by tandem running, with only one nest mate being recruited at a time. This technique is initiated by a special 'tandem calling' behavior; the recruiter slants its gaster upward and discharges poison gland secretions from the extruded sting. Nest mates are attracted, and as soon as one of them touches the calling ant, tandem running starts. Further details of the full recruitment sequence are provided. Evidence is presented to suggest that tandem running is the evolutionary precursor of odor-trail communication and sex attraction within certain phylogenetic lines of myrmicine ants"
Keywords:		"Animals Ants/*physiology *Behavior, Animal *Pheromones/metabolism/physiology Species Specificity;"
Notes:		"MedlineMoglich, M Maschwitz, U Holldobler, B eng 1974/12/13 Science. 1974 Dec 13; 186(4168):1046-7. doi: 10.1126/science.186.4168.1046"