The first queen-worker association for Cretaceous Formicidae: the winged caste of Haidomyrmex cerberus
Two queen ant specimens, one alate and one dealate, from mid-Cretaceous (Late Albian–Early Cenomanian) Burmese amber are herein reported as belonging Haidomyrmex cerberus Dlussky, 1996. This is the first discovery and documentation of an alate queen in Haidomyrmex. Compared with work...
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doaj-2e843679660a43ea9da4855b1ee6ed7e2021-09-28T14:17:49ZengPensoft PublishersZooKeys1313-29702021-07-011048697810.3897/zookeys.1048.6692066920The first queen-worker association for Cretaceous Formicidae: the winged caste of Haidomyrmex cerberusYuanyuan Guo0Chungkun Shih1De Zhuo2Dong Ren3Yunyun Zhao4Taiping Gao5Capital Normal UniversityNational Museum of Natural HistoryBeijing Xiachong Amber MuseumCapital Normal UniversityCapital Normal UniversityCapital Normal University Two queen ant specimens, one alate and one dealate, from mid-Cretaceous (Late Albian–Early Cenomanian) Burmese amber are herein reported as belonging Haidomyrmex cerberus Dlussky, 1996. This is the first discovery and documentation of an alate queen in Haidomyrmex. Compared with workers of Haidomyrmex cerberus, alate and dealate queens are larger in body size, have smaller compound eyes, a longer antennal scape, more complex mandibles, and a relatively large-sized metasoma. It is hypothesized that these differences are due to caste differences. https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/66920/download/pdf/ |
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The first queen-worker association for Cretaceous Formicidae: the winged caste of Haidomyrmex cerberus |
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The first queen-worker association for Cretaceous Formicidae: the winged caste of Haidomyrmex cerberus |
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The first queen-worker association for Cretaceous Formicidae: the winged caste of Haidomyrmex cerberus |
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The first queen-worker association for Cretaceous Formicidae: the winged caste of Haidomyrmex cerberus |
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The first queen-worker association for Cretaceous Formicidae: the winged caste of Haidomyrmex cerberus |
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first queen-worker association for cretaceous formicidae: the winged caste of haidomyrmex cerberus |
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Two queen ant specimens, one alate and one dealate, from mid-Cretaceous (Late Albian–Early Cenomanian) Burmese amber are herein reported as belonging Haidomyrmex cerberus Dlussky, 1996. This is the first discovery and documentation of an alate queen in Haidomyrmex. Compared with workers of Haidomyrmex cerberus, alate and dealate queens are larger in body size, have smaller compound eyes, a longer antennal scape, more complex mandibles, and a relatively large-sized metasoma. It is hypothesized that these differences are due to caste differences. |
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