Polygyny, Inbreeding, and Wingless Males in the Malagasy Ant Cardiocondyla shuckardi Forel (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

Polygyny, Inbreeding, and Wingless Males in the Malagasy Ant Cardiocondyla shuckardi Forel (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

The ant genus Cardiocondyla exhibits a fascinating diversity of its reproductive biology, with winged and wingless males, long-winged and short-winged queens, strict monogyny and facultative polygyny with or without queen fighting. Here we report on the previously unstudied Malagasy ant C. shuckardi...

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Main Authors: Jürgen Heinze, Alexandra Schrempf, Honoré Rakotondrazafy, Tsiriniaina Rakotondranaivo, Brian L. Fisher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana 2014-09-01
Series:Sociobiology
Subjects:
inbreeding
reproductive tactics
ergatoid males
colony structure
Madagascar
Online Access:http://periodicos.uefs.br/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/338

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