Ooceraea hainingensis sp. nov.: A new Chinese Ooceraea (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Dorylinae) species with a dealate queen, closely allied to the queenless clonal raider ant O. biroi

The clonal raider ant, Ooceraea biroi, is a queenless species that reproduces asexually, and these traits make it an attractive model system for laboratory research. However, it is unclear where on the ant phylogeny these traits evolved, partly because few closely related species have been described...

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Published in:ZooKeys
Main Authors: Qionghua Gao, Jiliang Long, Chengyuan Liu, Haoyu Liu, Hao Ran, Kip D. Lacy, Daniel J. C. Kronauer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2024-06-01
Online Access:https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/118358/download/pdf/