Caste-specific phenotypic plasticity of Asian weaver ants: Revealing the allometric and non-allometric component of female caste system of Oecophylla smaragdina (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) by using geometric morphometrics

In eusocial insects, particularly in ants, caste differentiation is extremely complicated when we rely on traditional taxonomy. In most species, the worker caste does not display any distinct morphological characters neither the caste’s central division according to their morphological size variatio...

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Published in:	Sociobiology
Main Authors:	K. V. Mahima, P. P. Anand, S. Seena, K. Shameema, E. M. Manogem, Y. Shibu Vardhanan
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana 2021-05-01
Subjects:	Asian weaver ant caste system Geometric morphometric polyphenism Oecophylla smaragdina.
Online Access:	http://periodicos.uefs.br/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/5941