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Une étude sur la prédation chezSmithistruma truncatidens etS. emarginata permet de mettre en évidence un faisceau d'arguments étayant l'hypothèse d'une attraction des Collemboles Entomobryens par les ouvrières chasseresses. Cette attraction est d'origine chimique et pourrait être due à une allomone. Deux hypothèses sont formulées quant à la source de cette allomone: les corps spongieux qui ornent le pétiole et des produits sécrétés par le labre.
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A study of predation inSmithistruma truncatidens andS. emarginata produces a variety of arguments supporting the hypothesis that the foraging workers attract Entomobryan Collembola. This attraction could be due to an allomone. Two hypotheses are formulated concerning the origin of this allomone, which may be the petiolar spongiform appendage or secretions of the labrum.
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Dejean, A. Etude eco-ethologique de la prédation chez les fourmis du genreSmithistruma (Formicidae-Myrmicinae-Dacetini) II. Attraction des proies principales (Collemboles). Ins. Soc 32, 158–172 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02224230
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