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Evolutionary trends in the reproductive biology of ponerine ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

M.H. Villet Department of Zoology, University of Witwatersrand, P.O. Wits, 2050, South Africa
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R.M. Crewe Department of Zoology, University of Witwatersrand, P.O. Wits, 2050, South Africa
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F.D. Duncan Department of Zoology, University of Witwatersrand, P.O. Wits, 2050, South Africa
Pages 1603-1610 | Accepted 04 Jul 1991, Published online: 17 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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S.J. Davies, M.H. Villet, T.M. Blomefield & R.M. Crewe. (1994) Reproduction and division of labour in Leptogenys schwabi Forel (Hymenoptera Formicidae), a polygynous, queenless ponerine ant. Ethology Ecology & Evolution 6:4, pages 507-517.
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Fuminori Ito & Kyohsuke Ohkawara. (2000) Production and Behavior of Ergatoid Queens in Two Species of the Indonesian Ponerine Ant Genus <I>Leptogenys</I> (<I>diminuta</I>-Group) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 93:4, pages 869-873.
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