Colony Composition of Two Malaysian Ponerine Ants, Platythyrea Tricuspidata and P. Quadridenta: Sexual Reproduction by Workers and Production of Queens (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Colonies of ponerine ants Platythyrea quadridenta and P. tricuspidata were collected in the rainforest of West Malaysia. Two colonies of P. tricuspidata were composed only of workers, and three and eight workers were inseminated per colony, respectively. However, active ovaries were found in one...
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| description | Colonies of ponerine ants Platythyrea quadridenta and P. tricuspidata were collected in the rainforest of West Malaysia. Two
colonies of P. tricuspidata were composed only of workers, and
three and eight workers were inseminated per colony, respectively.
However, active ovaries were found in one of the three, and two of
the eight mated workers. P. quadridenta also exhibited sexual
reproduction by workers, and there were many sterile mated workers.
The two largest colonies of P. quadridenta produced alate
queens. The significance of queen production and worker sexual
reproduction are discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-329c52612e7d40c79c6d202f1db8558a2025-02-03T01:30:40ZengWileyPsyche: A Journal of Entomology0033-26151687-74381994-01-011013-420921810.1155/1994/19319Colony Composition of Two Malaysian Ponerine Ants, Platythyrea Tricuspidata and P. Quadridenta: Sexual Reproduction by Workers and Production of Queens (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)Fuminori Ito0Biological Laboratory, Faculty of Education, Kagawa University, Takamatsu 760, JapanColonies of ponerine ants Platythyrea quadridenta and P. tricuspidata were collected in the rainforest of West Malaysia. Two colonies of P. tricuspidata were composed only of workers, and three and eight workers were inseminated per colony, respectively. However, active ovaries were found in one of the three, and two of the eight mated workers. P. quadridenta also exhibited sexual reproduction by workers, and there were many sterile mated workers. The two largest colonies of P. quadridenta produced alate queens. The significance of queen production and worker sexual reproduction are discussed.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1994/19319 |
| spellingShingle | Fuminori Ito Colony Composition of Two Malaysian Ponerine Ants, Platythyrea Tricuspidata and P. Quadridenta: Sexual Reproduction by Workers and Production of Queens (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Psyche: A Journal of Entomology |
| title | Colony Composition of Two Malaysian Ponerine Ants, Platythyrea Tricuspidata
and P. Quadridenta: Sexual Reproduction by Workers
and Production of Queens (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) |
| title_full | Colony Composition of Two Malaysian Ponerine Ants, Platythyrea Tricuspidata
and P. Quadridenta: Sexual Reproduction by Workers
and Production of Queens (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) |
| title_fullStr | Colony Composition of Two Malaysian Ponerine Ants, Platythyrea Tricuspidata
and P. Quadridenta: Sexual Reproduction by Workers
and Production of Queens (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Colony Composition of Two Malaysian Ponerine Ants, Platythyrea Tricuspidata
and P. Quadridenta: Sexual Reproduction by Workers
and Production of Queens (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) |
| title_short | Colony Composition of Two Malaysian Ponerine Ants, Platythyrea Tricuspidata
and P. Quadridenta: Sexual Reproduction by Workers
and Production of Queens (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) |
| title_sort | colony composition of two malaysian ponerine ants platythyrea tricuspidata and p quadridenta sexual reproduction by workers and production of queens hymenoptera formicidae |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1994/19319 |
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