Chemical Discrimination and Aggressiveness via Cuticular Hydrocarbons in a Supercolony-Forming Ant, Formica yessensis

• Midori Kidokoro-Kobayashi,

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Graduate School of Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan

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• Misako Iwakura,

  Affiliation Course in Animal Ecology, Graduate School of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan

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• Nao Fujiwara-Tsujii,

  Affiliation Venture Laboratory, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto, Japan

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• Shingo Fujiwara,

  Affiliation Course in Animal Ecology, Graduate School of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan

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• Midori Sakura,

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Graduate School of Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan

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• Hironori Sakamoto,

  Affiliation Course in Animal Ecology, Graduate School of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan

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• Seigo Higashi,

  Affiliation Course in Animal Ecology, Graduate School of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan

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• Abraham Hefetz,

  Affiliation Department of Zoology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Israel

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• Mamiko Ozaki

  * E-mail: mamiko@port.kobe-u.ac.jp

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Graduate School of Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan

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