Flight is the normal condition in insects, so instances of its loss invariably attract attention (Roff 1990). The queens of several species of the subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) are permanently wingless and worker-like (ergatoid) forms. The ability of normal queen ants to fly is important because it facilitates dispersal from the natal colony, reducing parent-offspring competition, reducing the potential for inbreed-ing, and increasing the likelihood of encountering more suitable habitat patches, and it enables some species to locate mates (Hölldobler & Bartz 1985). In ponerine ants the males generally fly to the queens (the female calling syndrome (Hölldobler & Bartz 1985)), but queens must first disperse from the na...
<div><p>In ants, dispersal strategies and morphology of female sexuals are generally linked to the m...
In less than 100 species of ponerine ants, queens no longer exist and have been replaced by mated eg...
In ants, dispersal strategies and morphology of female sexuals are generally linked to the mode of c...
[From the text]: The present study reports on new observations on the reproductive biology of P. man...
[From the text]: The present study reports on new observations on the reproductive biology of P. man...
Ergatoid queens (without wings and worker-like) occur in Plectroctena mandibularis and P. conjugata....
International audienceMegalomyrmex Forel (Myrmicinae: Solenopsidini) consists of 44 species with div...
International audienceMegalomyrmex Forel (Myrmicinae: Solenopsidini) consists of 44 species with div...
The South American seed-harvester ant Pogonomyrmex laticeps has dimorphic queens: ergatoid (permanen...
n Abstract Social Hymenoptera show two contrasting strategies of colony repro-duction. A reproductiv...
Abstract. Winged queens are the most common repro-ductives in ants. They are morphologically special...
All ants are generally classified as highly eusocial. However, there are some 100 species of ants be...
International audienceIn many ants, young queens disperse by flying away from their natal nest and f...
International audienceIn many ants, young queens disperse by flying away from their natal nest and f...
In most species of ants, the queen caste is easily distinguished from the worker caste by its morpho...
<div><p>In ants, dispersal strategies and morphology of female sexuals are generally linked to the m...
In less than 100 species of ponerine ants, queens no longer exist and have been replaced by mated eg...
In ants, dispersal strategies and morphology of female sexuals are generally linked to the mode of c...
[From the text]: The present study reports on new observations on the reproductive biology of P. man...
[From the text]: The present study reports on new observations on the reproductive biology of P. man...
Ergatoid queens (without wings and worker-like) occur in Plectroctena mandibularis and P. conjugata....
International audienceMegalomyrmex Forel (Myrmicinae: Solenopsidini) consists of 44 species with div...
International audienceMegalomyrmex Forel (Myrmicinae: Solenopsidini) consists of 44 species with div...
The South American seed-harvester ant Pogonomyrmex laticeps has dimorphic queens: ergatoid (permanen...
n Abstract Social Hymenoptera show two contrasting strategies of colony repro-duction. A reproductiv...
Abstract. Winged queens are the most common repro-ductives in ants. They are morphologically special...
All ants are generally classified as highly eusocial. However, there are some 100 species of ants be...
International audienceIn many ants, young queens disperse by flying away from their natal nest and f...
International audienceIn many ants, young queens disperse by flying away from their natal nest and f...
In most species of ants, the queen caste is easily distinguished from the worker caste by its morpho...
<div><p>In ants, dispersal strategies and morphology of female sexuals are generally linked to the m...
In less than 100 species of ponerine ants, queens no longer exist and have been replaced by mated eg...
In ants, dispersal strategies and morphology of female sexuals are generally linked to the mode of c...