Permanent loss of wings in queens of the ant Odontomachus coquereli from Madagascar

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 183-188

  Molet, M ^a   Peeters, C ^a   Fisher, B L ^b  

^a UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

^b CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Caste; Colony fission; Ergatoid queen; Intermorph; Morphometry

Indexed keywords

ANT; COLONY; LABOR DIVISION; MORPHOMETRY; MORPHOTYPE; NATURAL SELECTION; QUEEN; REPLACEMENT; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL INSECT; SPECIALIZATION; WING MORPHOLOGY; WORKER CASTE;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

FORMICIDAE; NEMATODA; ODONTOMACHUS; ODONTOMACHUS COQUERELI;

EID: 34248183100     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-007-0930-0     Document Type: Article

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