Heinze, J. and Schrempf, A. and Wanke, T. and Rakotondrazafy, H. and Rakotondranaivo, T. and Fisher, B. (2014) Polygyny, Inbreeding and Wingless Males in the Malagasy Ant Cardiocondyla shuckardi Forel (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). SOCIOBIOLOGY, 61 (3). pp. 300-306. ISSN 0361-6525,
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The ant genus Cardiocondyla exhibits a fascinating diversity of its reproductive biology, with winged and wingless males, long-winged and short-winged queens, strict monogyny and facultative polygyny with or without queen fighting. Here we report on the previously unstudied Malagasy ant C. shuckardi. We describe the nesting habits, male morphology and colony structure of this species. Furthermore, based on the genotypes from three microsatellite loci we document a very high incidence of sib-mating.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | QUEEN-QUEEN COMPETITION; DIMORPHIC MALES; POLYMORPHISM; SEXUALS; ELEGANS; inbreeding; reproductive tactics; ergatoid males; colony structure; Madagascar |
| 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: | 26 Aug 2019 13:18 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Aug 2019 13:18 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/9579 |
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