Behavioral Differentiation and Ovarian Development of Unmated Gynes, Queens, and Workers of Ectatomma vizottoi Almeida 1987 (Formicidae, Ectatomminae)

Table 2

Relative frequency of behavioral acts from the behavioral repertoire of workers, queens, and unmated gynes of Ectatomma vizottoi.

Categories and behavioral acts	Workers	Queens	Unmated gynes
(A) Grooming/Interation
(1) Self-grooming; 1st pair of legs	0.05014	0.00672	0.04898
(2) Self-grooming; 2nd pair of legs	0.01732	0.00134	0.01503
(3) Self-grooming; 3rd pair of legs	0.01727	0.00134	0.01503
(4) Self-c grooming; extremity of the gaster	0.00818	0.00134	0.00436
(5) Self-grooming of mandibles	0.00010	—	—
(6) Allogrooming in workers	0.04616	—	0.00436
(7) Allogrooming in queens	0.01685	—	—
(8) Allogrooming in males	0.00297	—	—
(B) Brood Care
(9) Standing on or beside the pile of eggs	0.01957	0.31720	0.00048
(10) Inspecting eggs	0.00497	0.01613	—
(11) Carrying eggs	0.00049	0.00403	—
(12) Licking eggs	0.00163	0.00269	0.00048
(13) Standing on or beside the pile of larvae	0.04540	0.38575	0.03055
(14) Inspecting larvae	0.01819	0.00538	0.00194
(15) Carrying larvae	0.00121	—	—
(16) Licking larvae	0.03057	0.00134	0.00194
(17) Helping larvae to pupate	0.00816	—	—
(18) Standing on or beside the pile of pupae	0.04537	0.04032	0.08972
(19) Inspecting pupa	0.01792	0.00269	0.00970
(20) Carrying pupa	0.00304	—	—
(21) Licking pupa	0.00529	—	—
(22) Helping individual to emerge	0.00007	—	—
(C) Feeding
(23) Feeding larvae with solid food	0.01221	—	0.00048
(24) Worker-larva food of transfer	0.00094	—	0.00048
(25) Feeding with solid	0.02054	—	0.00533
(26) Cannibalism of immature	0.00289	0.00134	0.00097
(27) Feeding of detritus	0.00049	—	—
(28) Ovipositing trophic eggs	0.00079	—	0.00048
(D) Nest Defense
(29) Guarding the entrance to the nest	0.03349	—	—
(E) Colony Maintenance
(30) Carrying material in the nest	0.00175	—	—
(31) Carrying detritus	0.00796	—	—
(32) Licking walls of the chambers	0.00042	—	0.00048
(33) Inspecting the nest	0.02568	0.00134	0.00630
(F) Foraging
(34) Foraging	0.11702	—	0.00533
(G) Reproduction
(35) Ovipositing reproductive eggs	—	0.00672	—
(H) Antennation
(36) Touch workers with antennas	0.00786	0.00941	0.02861
(37) Touch queen with antennas	0.00079	—	0.00048
(I) Immobility
(38) Immobility	0.39858	0.18817	0.70514
(J) Other Behaviors
(39) Moving inside the nest	0.00472	0.00806	0.02328
(40) Carrying workers	0.00133	—	—
(41) Carrying males	0.00010	—	—
(42) Carrying queens	0.00002	—	—