Chemical Integration of Myrmecophilous Guests in Aphaenogaster Ant Nests

Table 1

Duration of different behavioural phases of adoption of Sternocoelis beetles (mean ± SE). LC: latency of the first contact with ants in the external area; TCE: time contacts in the external area; TR: time of transport of the beetle into the nest; CIN: time of contact with ants in the nest; TTA: total time of the adoption. A. iber: A. iberica.

	LC		TCE		TR		CIN		TTA
	Mean	SE	Mean	SE	Mean	SE	Mean	SE	Mean	SE
Col 1 (control)	6.5	2.0	2.0	0.8	2.2	0.3	12.3	3.4	22.9	3.1
Col 2	73.3	42.5	154.9	33	44.7	16.3	73.4	17.3	2491.1	479.1
Col 3	20.6	8	23.7	14.6	7	3.7	19.6	3.5	70.8	22.6
A. iber	6	2	12.7	2.6	2.2	0.5	158.2	21.3	179.3	20.5

ANOVA, Wilk = 0.006, 𝐹=28.45, df = 15, 𝑃<0.00001; in bold significant differences for each column with post hoc Neumann-Keuls (𝑃<0.001, all other with 𝑃>0.15).