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C R Biol

Title:		The predatory behaviour of a tramp ant species in its native range
Author(s):		Kenne M; Mony R; Tindo M; Njaleu LC; Orivel J; Dejean A;
Address:		"Departement de Biologie des Organismes Animaux, Faculte des Sciences, Universite de Douala, BP 24157, Douala, Cameroon"
Journal Title:		C R Biol
Year:		2005
Volume:		20051027
Issue:		10-Nov
Page Number:		1025 - 1030
DOI:		10.1016/j.crvi.2005.09.001
ISSN/ISBN:		1631-0691 (Print) 1631-0691 (Linking)
Abstract:		Workers of the pest ant Paratrechina longicornis participate in a type of group hunting. Each individual forages with its long antennae wide open and moves quickly (6.3 cm/s) along an erratic path surrounded by nestmates behaving in the same way and within range of a recruiting pheromone. They detect prey by contact with successful workers singly capturing and retrieving small prey and seizing larger ones by an appendage. Then they recruit nestmates at short-range; all together they spread-eagle the prey and retrieve them whole
Keywords:		Animals Ants/*physiology Cockroaches Competitive Behavior Exploratory Behavior Periodicity Pheromones/physiology Predatory Behavior/*physiology Sense Organs Species Specificity;
Notes:		"MedlineKenne, Martin Mony, Ruth Tindo, Maurice Njaleu, Lydie Carole Kamaha Orivel, Jerome Dejean, Alain eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't France 2005/11/16 C R Biol. 2005 Oct-Nov; 328(10-11):1025-30. doi: 10.1016/j.crvi.2005.09.001. Epub 2005 Oct 27"