-
referred to as gynes, and are
typically those destined to
become queens. A "
dealate" is an
adult insect that shed or lost its
wings ("dealation"). In botany...
-
particularly large colony in
Weybridge on July 29, 1913, in
which "the
deälated females and
workers in this nest
being the
largest I have ever seen".[citation...
-
queens have
small and
rudimentary wings which render the
queen flightless.
Dealated queens with
developed wings and
thoraces are
considered rare. In some species...
- Head of a
dealate queen...
-
Entomological Society, 88 (1): 7–14 Conway, John R. (1981), "A
Study of
Dealated Queens of the
Honey Ant,
Myrmecocystus mexic**** Wesmael, and
Their Progeny...
- nest, and mate. From this
point onward, they are
called kings and queens,
dealates, or
primary reproductives.
Secondary reproductives, or neotenics, develop...
-
certain castes of the same species,
especially because Z.
tonsora is a
dealated (wingless) female. The
following cladogram of stem
group ants in relation...
- find a mate. The drone's only job is to mate with the
virgin queens. The
dealate, or
newly fertilized queen,
sheds her wings,
finds a
suitable nesting location...
-
Aulacopone relicta. The
genus was
described by
Arnoldi (1930) from a
unique dealate female collected at Ələzəpin (Alazapin), near Lankaran, in
Azerbaijan S...
- are unknown.
Workers measure 18 to 20
millimetres (0.71 to 0.79 in) and
dealated queens 20 to 22
millimetres (0.79 to 0.87 in). The head, node, postpetiole...
