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Asian Myrmecology, Volume 7, pages 133-136, published August 2015
DOI: 10.20362/am.007013
Rare production of brachypterous queens in a social parasitic ant, Vollenhovia nipponica (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
KYOHSUKE OHKAWARA* & ATSUMI SATOH
Abstract:
For Vollenhovia nipponica, a social parasite of Vollenhovia emeryi, reproduction of brachypterous queens is reported. For ants in general, reproduction of brachypterous queens is considered a rare phenomenon.
Keywords:
brachypterous queen, short wing social parasite, Vollenhovia
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Ecological Laboratory, Division of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan
*Corresponding author: kyohsuke@staff.kanazawa-u.ac.jp
