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termite predation; prey storage; poison gland; trail pheromone;
pyrrole derivative
Reticulitermes
Abstract:
Colonies of two species of Metapone (M. madagascarica, M. new species.) were collected in Madagascar and established in laboratory nests. It could be demonstrated that both species are specialist predators of termites (Cryptotermes kirbyi). During hunti