Non-Inseminated Queens Have Worker-Like Behaviors in Colonies of Fungus-Growing Ants, Mycetomoellerius turrifex Wheeler (Attini, Hymenoptera)
In eusocial Hymenoptera such as ants, bees, and wasps, the queen numbers are fundamentally important to maintain the social systems. In Texas, USA, a fungus growing ant, Mycetomoellerius turrifex Wheeler (1903) (the genus name was changed from Trachymyrmex to Mycet...
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Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana
2020-09-01
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| Online Access: | http://periodicos.uefs.br/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/5773 |