Foraging Strategies by Colony Size
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The following table is from Beckers et al. 1985 (see publication for references in table). It was used to examine how colony size might influence foraging strategies. There is also evidence that colony size influences how honeydew gathering temperate ants forage upon and potentially protect homopterans.
Foraging Type = I Individual, TR Tandem recruitment, GM Group/Mass recruitment, MR Mass recruitment, TT Trunk trail, GH Group hunting
| species | nest size | type | references |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acromyrmex landolti | 1000 | MR | Jaffe pers. comm. |
| Acromyrmex octospinosus | 50000 | MR | Blum et al. 1964; Jaffe pers. comm. |
| Aenictus laeviceps | 85000 | GH | Schneirla 1965 |
| Aneuretus simoni | 40 | MR | Traniello and Jayasuriya 1981; Jayasuria and Traniello 1985 |
| Cephalotes varians (as Zacryptocerus varians) | 1000 | MR | Wilson 1976; Jaffe pers. comm. |
| Atta cephalotes | 500000 | MR | Jaffe and Howse 1979; Jaffe pers. comm. |
| Atta sexdens | 5000000 | MR | Riley et al. 1974; Jaffe pers. comm. |
| Atta texana | 10000000 | MR | Moser and Blum 1963; Riley et al. 1974; Jaffe pers. comm. |
| Azteca forelii | 50000 | MR | Jaffe pers. comm.; |
| Camponotus aethiops | 2500 | I | Suzzoni pers. comm. |
| Camponotus pennsylvanicus | 2200 | MR | Pricer 1908; Traniello 1977 |
| Camponotus sericeus | 250 | TR | Holldobler et al. 1974 |
| Carebara diversa (as Pheidologeton diversus) | 250000 | GH | Moffet 1988 |
| Carebara overbecki (as Ologomyrmex overbecki) | 400 | TT | Moffet 1986b |
| Carebara silenus (as Pheidologeton silenus) | 100000 | GH | Moffet 1988 |
| Carebara urichi (as Erebomyrma nevermann) | 180 | TT | Wilson 1986 |
| Cataglyphis bicolor | 2000 | I | Wehner et al. 1983 |
| Cataglyphis cursor | 1000 | I | Cagniant 1983; Lenoir pers. comm. |
| Colobopsis truncata | 50 | I | Suzzoni pers. comm. |
| Crematogaster sumichrasti | 1000 | MR | Jaffe pers. comm. |
| Cyphomyrmex rimosus | 100 | I | Blum et al. 1964; Jaffe pers. comm. |
| Daceton armigerum | 10000 | I | Blum and Portocarrero 1965; Jaffe pers. comm. |
| Diacamma rugosum | 100 | I | Fukumoto and Abe 1983 |
| Dinoponera australis | 30 | I | Fowler 1985 |
| Dinoponera quadriceps | 60 | I | Dantas de Araujo pers. comm. |
| Dorylus nigricans (as Anomma nigricans) | 1036800 | GH | Vosseler 1905 |
| Dorylus wilverthi (as Anomma wilverthi) | 20000000 | GH | Raignier and van Boven 1955 |
| Dorymyrmex biconis (as Conomyrma bicornis) | 5000 | MR | Jaffe pers. comm. |
| Eciton burchellii | 425000 | GH | Schneirla 1957 |
| Eciton hamatum | 300000 | GH | Schneirla 1957; Rettenmeyer 1963 |
| Eciton rapax | 275000 | GH | Sudd and Franks 1987 |
| Ectatomma ruidum | 125 | I | Lachaud et al. 1984 |
| Formica aquilonia | 400000 | TT | Zakharov 1978 |
| Formica bruni | 1400 | MR | Cherix and Maddalena-Feller 1987 |
| Formica cunicularia | 1100 | I | Deffernez pers. comm. |
| Formica fusca | 500 | MR | Wallis 1964; Moglich and Holldobler 1975 |
| Formica lugubris | 40000 | TT | Rosengren 1971; Breen 1979 |
| Formica polyctena | 450000 | TT | Rosengren 1971; Kruk-de-Bruin et al. 1977; Horstmann 1982 |
| Formica pratensis | 60000 | TT | Rosengren 1971; Jensen 1977 |
| Formica rufa | 4000000 | TT | Gosswald 1951; Rosengren 1971 |
| Formica yessensis | 51000 | TT | Ito 1973; Cherix 1987 |
| Hypoponera eduardi (as Ponera eduardi) | 1500 | TR | Le Masne 1952; Bernard 1968 |
| Labidus praedator | 1000000 | GH | Rettenmeyer 1963 |
| Lasius fuliginosus | 2500000 | TT | Hainaut-Riche et al. 1980; Quinet et Pasteels 1987 |
| Lasius niger | 5500 | MR | Stradling 1970; Brian 1977 |
| Leptogenys chinensis | 367 | GH | Maschwitz and Schonegge 1983 |
| Leptogenys processionalis (as Leptogenys ocellifera) | 50000 | MR | Maschwitz and Mulenberg 1975 |
| Leptothorax acervorum | 250 | TR | Dobrzanski 1966; Buschinger 1971; Moglich et al. 1974; Moglich 1979 |
| Leptothorax muscorum | 300 | TR | TR Buschinger 1966; Moglich et al. 1974 |
| Linepithema humile (as Iridomyrmex humilis) | 150000 | MR | Keller pers. comm. |
| Mesoponera caffraria | 70 | TR | Levieux 1967; Agbogba 1981 |
| Messor barbarus | 8000 | GM | Delye pers. comm. |
| Messor sanctus | 3500 | GM | Delye pers. comm.; Suzzoni pers. comm. |
| Monomorium pharaonis | 800 | MR | Peacock et al. 1955; Sudd 1960 |
| Mycetomoellerius urichii (as Trachymyrmex urichii) | 100 | MR | Jaffe and Villegas 1985; Jaffe pers. comm. |
| Myrmecia gulosa | 900 | I | Haskins and Haskins 1950; Robertson 1971 |
| Myrmica rubra | 1000 | GM | Stradling 1970; Petal 1972; Cammaerts and Cammaerts 1980 |
| Myrmica ruginodis | 2000 | GM | Stradling 1970, Brian 1972; Cammaerts and Cammaerts 1980 |
| Myrmica sabuleti | 3000 | MR | Brian 1972; Cammaerts and Cammaerts 1980 |
| Myrmicaria natalensis eumenoides (as Myrmicaria eumenoides) | 20000 | MR | Levieux 1983 |
| Myrmoteras barbouri | 8 | I | Moffet 1986a |
| Myrmoteras toro | 22 | I | Moffet 1986a |
| Neivamyrmex nigrescens | 30000 | GH | Topoffet al. 1980 |
| Neoponera apicalis | 90 | I | Lachaud et al. 1984; Fresneau 1985 |
| Neoponera commutata | 400 | GM | Mill 1982, 1984 |
| Neoponera obscuricornis | 100 | I | Traniello and Holldobler 1984; Fresneau 1984 |
| Neoponera villosa | 500 | I | Lachaud et al. 1984; Lachaud pers. comm. |
| Novomessor albisetosus | 350 | MR | Holldobler et al. 1978. |
| Novomessor cockerelli | 350 | MR | Holldobler et al. 1978. |
| Ocymyrmex barbiger | 200 | MR | Marsh 1985 |
| Odontomachus bauri | 300 | I | Jaffe and Marcuse 1983 |
| Odontomachus haematodus | 500 | TR | Holldobler and Engel 1978; Jaffe pers. comm. |
| Odontomachus troglodytes | 240 | TR | Dejean 1982; et al. 1964; Dejean and Bashingwa 1985 |
| Oecophylla longinoda | 480000 | MR | Way 1954; Holldobler and Wilson 1978 |
| Ophthalmopone berthoudi | 400 | I | Peeters and Crewe 1987 |
| Pheidole embolopyx | 300 | MR | Wilson and Holldobler 1985 |
| Pheidole fallax | 10000 | MR | Law et al. 1965; Jaffe pers. comm. |
| Pheidole pallidula | 5000 | MR | Detrain pers. comm. |
| Pogonomyrmex badius | 4300 | MR | Brian et al. 1967; Holldobler and Wilson 1970 |
| Pogonomyrmex californicus | 4500 | MR | Holldobler and Wilson 1970; Erickson 1972 |
| Pogonomyrmex occidentalis | 3880 | MR | Lavigne 1969; Holldobler and Wilson 1970 |
| Proatta butteli | 10000 | MR | Moffet 1986c |
| Pseudomyrmex termitarius | 75 | TR | Jaffe pers. comm. |
| Pseudomyrmex triplarinus | 10000 | TR | Jaffe pers. comm. |
| Solenopsis invicta | 100000 | MR | Wilson 1962; Tschinkel 1987 |
| Stigmatomma pallipes (as Amblyopone pallipes) | 15 | I | Traniello 1978; Lachaud pers. comm. |
| Strumigenys lujae (as Serrastruma lujae) | 57 | I | Dejean 1982 |
| Strumigenys serrula (as Serrastruma serrula) | 78 | I | Dejean 1982 |
| Strumigenys emarginata (as Smithistruma emarginata) | 199 | I | Dejean 1982 |
| Strumigenys truncatidens (as Smithistruma truncatidens) | 133 | I | Dejean 1982 |
| Tapinoma erraticum | 1000 | MR | Meudec 1979; Verhaeghe et al. 1980 |
| Temnothorax ambiguus (as Leptothorax ambiguus) | 50 | TR | Talbot 1965; Moglich 1979 |
| Temnothorax curvispinosus (as Leptothorax curvispinosus) | 50 | TR | Headley 1943; Talbot 1965; Moglich 1979 |
| Temnothorax duloticus (as Leptothorax duloticus) | 12 | TR | Talbot 1957; Alloway 1979; Moglich 1979 |
| Temnothorax longispinosus (as Leptothorax longispinosus) | 65 | TR | Headley 1943 |
| Temnothorax nylanderi (as Leptothorax nylanderi) | 280 | TR | Plateau pers. comm. |
| Temnothorax unifasciatus (as Leptothorax unifasciatus) | 325 | TR | Lane 1977; Plateau pers. comm. |
| Tetramorium caespitum | 14000 | GM | Brian et al. 1967; Pasteels et al. 1987 |
References
- Beckers R., Goss, S., Deneubourg, J.L., Pasteels, J.M. 1989. Colony size, communication and ant foraging Strategy. Psyche 96: 239-256 (doi:10.1155/1989/94279).
- Novgorodova, T. A. 2015b. Organization of honeydew collection by foragers of different species of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Effect of colony size and species specificity. European Journal of Entomology. 112:688-697. doi:10.14411/eje.2015.077
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