Colony composition and morphological caste differentiation between ergatoid queens and workers in the ponerine ant genus leptogenys in the oriental tropics

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 335-343

  Ito, Fuminori ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ants; Ergatoid queens; Gamergates; Leptogenys; Ponerinae; Queenlessness; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ANT; CASTE DIFFERENTIATION; COLONY COMPOSITION; MORPHOLOGY;

INDONESIA; MALAYSIA;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENTOPTERA; LEPTOGENYS;

EID: 0031405476     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.1997.9522876     Document Type: Article

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