Heinze, Juergen and Schrempf, Alexandra and Seifert, B. and Tinaut, A. (2002) Queen morphology and dispersal tactics in the ant, Cardiocondyla batesii. INSECTES SOCIAUX, 49 (2). pp. 129-132. ISSN 0020-1812
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Dispersal behavior of queens of the myrmicine Cardiocondyla batesii was studied in the springs of 2000 and 2001 in three populations in Southern Spain. Hundreds of young queens were observed to leave their maternal nests, shed their wings, and disperse on foot. Both alate and dealate queens were found to be inseminated, suggesting that they had mated with ergatoid males in their maternal colonies before dispersal. Queens showed a remarkable variation in mesosoma size which appeared to be associated with a polymorphism in wing length (brachyptery vs. macroptery). Morphology did not affect dispersal behavior. Brachyptery is as yet known only from a small number of ant species.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGIES; FORMICIDAE; POLYMORPHISM; HYMENOPTERA; GYNES; SIZE; wing polymorphism; dispersal; Cardiocondyla batesii |
| Subjects: | 500 Science > 590 Zoological sciences |
| Divisions: | Biology, Preclinical Medicine > Institut für Zoologie > Zoologie/Evolutionsbiologie (Prof. Dr. Jürgen Heinze) |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Nov 2021 07:23 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Nov 2021 07:23 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/40752 |
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