ADolichoderus taschenbergiQueen Found in a Polygynous Colony ofD. plagiatus(Hymenoptera: Formicidae) | Zendy

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ADolichoderus taschenbergiQueen Found in a Polygynous Colony ofD. plagiatus(Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Author(s) -

Diethe Ortius

Publication year - 1995

Publication title -

psyche a journal of entomology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.168

H-Index - 22

eISSN - 1687-7438

pISSN - 0033-2615

DOI - 10.1155/1995/58014

Subject(s) - polygyny , hymenoptera , queen (butterfly) , biology , zoology , genus , ant , ecology , demography , sociology , population

Very little is known about colony founding strategies and social organization of the four North American species of the ant genus Dolichoderus. I here report the finding of a Dolichoderus taschenbergi queen in a colony of D. plagiatus, which suggests parasitic colony founding may occur occasionally in Dolichoderus taschenbergi. In addition, the colony contained three reproductively active queens of D. plagiatus, indicating that this species is facultatively polygynous.

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