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A syndrome leading to ergatoid queens in ponerine ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Martin Villet Department of Zoology, University of the Witwatersrand, P.O. Wits 2050, South Africa
Pages 825-832 | Accepted 19 Jan 1989, Published online: 24 Feb 2007

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Fuminori Ito. (1997) Colony composition and morphological caste differentiation between ergatoid queens and workers in the ponerine ant genus Leptogenys in the Oriental tropics. Ethology Ecology & Evolution 9:4, pages 335-343.
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MartinH. Villet. (1992) The social biology of Hagensia havilandi (Forel 1901)(Hymenoptera Formicidae), and the origin of queenlessness in ponerine ants. Tropical Zoology 5:2, pages 195-206.
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M.H. Villet & M.H. Wildman. (1991) Division of labour in the obligately queenless ant Pachycondyla (= Bothroponera) krugeri Forel 1910 (Hymenoptera Formicidae). Tropical Zoology 4:2, pages 233-250.
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MartinH. Villet. (1991) Reproduction and division of labour in Platythyrea cf. cribrinodis (Gerstaecker 1858) (Hymenoptera Formicidae): comparisons of individuals, colonies and species. Tropical Zoology 4:2, pages 209-231.
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M.H. Villet, R.M. Crewe & F.D. Duncan. (1991) Evolutionary trends in the reproductive biology of ponerine ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Natural History 25:6, pages 1603-1610.
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MartinH. Villet. (1991) Colony foundation in Plectroctena mandibularis F. Smith, and the evolution of ergatoid queens in Plectroctena (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Natural History 25:4, pages 979-983.
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MartinH. Villet. (1991) Social differentiation and division of labour in the queenless ant Platythyrea schultzei Forel 1910 (Hymenoptera Formicidae). Tropical Zoology 4:1, pages 13-29.
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Martin H. Villet. (1990) Division of labour in the Matabele ant Megaponera foetens (Fabr.) (Hymenoptera Formicidae). Ethology Ecology & Evolution 2:4, pages 397-417.
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R. Mizuno, P. Suttiprapan, W. Jaitrong, A. Yamada & F. Ito. (2021) Colony composition, phasic reproduction, and queen–worker dimorphism of an oriental non-army ant doryline Cerapachys sulcinodis species complex in northern Thailand. Insectes Sociaux 69:1, pages 19-35.
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Christian PeetersFuminori Ito. (2001) C OLONY D ISPERSAL AND THE E VOLUTION OF Q UEEN M ORPHOLOGY IN S OCIAL H YMENOPTERA . Annual Review of Entomology 46:1, pages 601-630.
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Jürgen Heinze & Kazuki Tsuji. (2018) Ant reproductive strategies. Population Ecology 37:2, pages 135-149.
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J�rgen Heinze. (1993) Habitat structure, dispersal strategies and queen number in two boreal Leptothorax ants. Oecologia 96:1, pages 32-39.
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