The number of castes in ants, where major is smaller than minor and queens wear the shield of the soldiers

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 315-333

  Baroni Urbani, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ants; Caste; Evolution; Soldier

Indexed keywords

CASTE SYSTEM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MORPHOLOGY;

CEPHALOTES; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 7344236844     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000400050091     Document Type: Article

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