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addition to
morphological features,
ergatoids among different species can
exhibit a wide
range of behaviors, with some
ergatoids acting only as reproductives...
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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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having true
workers that can molt into the
other apterous castes such as
ergatoids (worker reproductive;
apterous neotenics), soldiers, or the
other worker...
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protein repair.
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Ergatoid Queen bee Keller, Laurent; Gordon,
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February 2009). The Lives...
- line (brachypterous neotenics) or, in rare cases, the
worker line (
ergatoids).
Ergatoids are the only
members of the
reproductive caste that have neither...
- 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...
- All
reproductive females collected after the
original description are
ergatoids.
Sphinctomyrmex stali is
known from sp****
localities along the southeastern...
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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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established Polyergus colonies have only one queen. However, many
contain ergatoids, large, worker-like
members with
large gasters.
These may be substitute...
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Cadiz in Spain). The
species is monogynous, the
queens of this
species is
ergatoid,
meaning that it does not have wings. However, the
males from the colony...
