Queen pheromones in Temnothorax ants: control or honest signal?

Table 4 Chemical distances between queens and workers among four Temnothorax species.

Queens	TnQ	TcQ	TuQ	Workers	TnW	TcW	TuW
Tc Q	0.077			Tc W	0.093
Tu Q	0.108	0.088		Tu W	0.093	0.066
Tr Q	0.116	0.125	0.120	Tr W	0.093	0.128	0.110

Euclidean resemblance matrix based on cuticular hydrocarbon profiles of queens (Q; left side) and workers (W; right side) from the four species of Temnothorax ants involved in the mixed-species experiment (Tn = T. nylanderi, Tc = T. crassispinus, Tu = T. unifasciatus, Tr = T. recedens). Figures in bold indicate a close Euclidean Distance between a pair of groups in contrast to the other compared pairs of groups.

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