STUDIES ON THE PREDATORY BIOLOGY OF ORIENTAL DACETINE ANTS (HYMENOPTERA, FORMICIDAE) .1. SOME JAPANESE SPECIES OF STRUMIGENYS, PENTASTRUMA, AND EPITRITUS, AND A MALAYSIAN LABIDOGENYS, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO HUNTING TACTICS IN SHORT-MANDIBULATE FORMS
STUDIES ON THE PREDATORY BIOLOGY OF ORIENTAL DACETINE ANTS (HYMENOPTERA, FORMICIDAE) .1. SOME JAPANESE SPECIES OF STRUMIGENYS, PENTASTRUMA, AND EPITRITUS, AND A MALAYSIAN LABIDOGENYS, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO HUNTING TACTICS IN SHORT-MANDIBULATE FORMS
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10.1007/bf02223658
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发表时间：
1984-01-01
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1.3
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MASUKO, K
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作者：
MASUKO, K
本文综述了东方绒蚁亚族6种绒蚁的捕食行为和食物偏好。三种典型的长颚瘤鼠属是多食性的。犬五甲虫是一种典型的短颚形式，专门捕食弹尾目动物。它的行为包括耗时的跟踪，和专门的捕获猎物，在附近的口器。Labidogenys sp.，其被置于长下颚的strumigenite物种中，但具有相对短的下颚，表现出介于典型的长下颚和短下颚形式之间的狩猎行为。一种地下物种，Epitritus hexamerus，特别是捕食小型长体土壤节肢动物，如双尾目和唇足目。短颚类和Labidogenys 'sp.的觅食动物，有着特殊的身体涂抹行为，它们用从环境中获得的有机物质弄脏自己的身体。这种行为可能有助于蚂蚁通过嗅觉欺骗来秘密接近猎物。
The predatory behavior and prey preferences of 6 species of Oriental dacetine ants of subtribe Strumigeniti are reviewed. Three species of typically long-mandibulate Strumigenys are polyphagous. Pentastruma canina, a typically short-mandibulate form, preys exclusively on Collembola. Its behavior involves time-consuming stalking, and specialized seizure of prey, in the vicinity of the mouthparts. Labidogenys sp., which is placed among the long-mandibulate strumigenite species, but has relatively short mandibles, exhibits hunting behavior intermediate between those of typically long- and short-mandibulate forms. A subterranean species, Epitritus hexamerus, preys especially upon small long-bodied soil arthropods, such as Diplura and Chilopodia. Foragers of the short-mandibulate group, and of Labidogenys'' sp., have peculiar body-smearing behavior, in which they soil their bodies with organic substances obtained from the environment. This behavior perhaps assists the ants in their stealthy approach to prey, by contribution to olfactory deception.