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Team swimming in ant spermatozoa
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Pearcy M
; Delescaille N
; Lybaert P
; Aron S
Biol Lett
2014[Jun]; 10
(6
): ä PMID24919705
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In species where females mate promiscuously, competition between ejaculates from
different males to fertilize the ova is an important selective force shaping many
aspects of male reproductive traits, such as sperm number, sperm length and
sperm-sperm interactions. In eusocial Hymenoptera (bees, wasps and ants), males
die shortly after mating and their reproductive success is ultimately limited by
the amount of sperm stored in the queen's spermatheca. Multiple mating by queens
is expected to impose intense selective pressure on males to optimize the
transfer of sperm to the storage organ. Here, we report a remarkable case of
cooperation between spermatozoa in the desert ant Cataglyphis savignyi. Males
ejaculate bundles of 50-100 spermatozoa. Sperm bundles swim on average 51% faster
than solitary sperm cells. Team swimming is expected to increase the amount of
sperm stored in the queen spermatheca and, ultimately, enhance male posthumous
fitness.