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Two distinct morphs in the wood ant <i>Formica polyctena</i> in Finland: a result of hybridization?

Author(s) -

Jouni Sorvari

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

entomologica fennica

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.173

H-Index - 21

eISSN - 2489-4966

pISSN - 0785-8760

DOI - 10.33338/ef.84281

Subject(s) - biology , polygyny , hymenoptera , abundance (ecology) , zoology , sexual dimorphism , queen (butterfly) , ant , ecology , botany , demography , population , sociology

samples from Finland may repre-senttwodifferenttypesbasedonqueenmorphology.However,workercastehasnotbeenstudiedcompletely.Ifoundthathairinessofworkersfromdifferentcol -onies was bimodally distributed. Morphs (based on bimodality) differed in theabundanceoferecthairsoneightoutof11studiedbodyparts.Thehairiermorphmay be result of incomplete reproductive isolation between closely related spe-cies.

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