- An
ergatoid (from Gr**** ergat-, "worker" + -oid, "like") is a
permanently wingless reproductive adult ant or termite. The
similar but
somewhat ambiguous...
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widely distributed but
rarely encountered. The
species has a
discrete ergatoid queen caste that is
intermediate between a
worker and an
alate queen. Despite...
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distinguishing feature of queens. In a few species,
wingless queens (
ergatoids) and
males occur. The
metasoma (the "abdomen") of the ant
houses important...
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protein repair.
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reproductive caste;
formerly often used
interchangeably to
refer to
ergatoid queens ergatoid a
wingless (dealate)
reproductive adult ant,
anatomically intermediate...
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having true
workers that can molt into the
other apterous castes such as
ergatoids (worker reproductive;
apterous neotenics), soldiers, or the
other worker...
- leaf-litter, with
small monogynous or
polygynous colonies.
Queens are
ergatoid (i.e.
permanently wingless and worker-like) and, at
least in B. conops...
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apterous (i.e., wingless), like workers, thus
these queens are
called ergatoid (i.e., worker-like) to be
distinct from
alate queens that have wings. This...
- with
little variation among workers of a
given species. Some
queens are
ergatoid and have no wings,
while others have
either stubby or
completely developed...
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thickset mesosoma with
strongly convex dorsal profile as well as wingless,
ergatoid males with sickle-shaped mandibles. The
female castes show a pigmentation...
