Myrmecologische Nachrichten 3: 63-65; printable

Download PDF file (191KB)

Export citation in TXT format

Export citation in RIS format

  • Open Access: CC BY 4.0
  • Author: Seifert, B. & Heller, G.
  • Year: 1999
  • Title: Carrying of a worker pupa by a singly-dispersing foundress of Acropyga paleartica Menozzi, 1936 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
  • Journal: Myrmecological News
  • Volume: 3
  • Pages: 63-65
  • Type of contribution: Original Article
  • Supplementary material: No
  • Abstract: An alate queen of Acropyga paleartica Menozzi, 1936 was observed to carry a worker pupa during dispersal for independent colony foundation. The observed behaviour is suspected to represent a redirected activity in connection with the fixed behavioural mechanism of Acropyga to carry a coccoid larva during dispersal, mating, and nest foundation.
  • Key words: ants, independent colony foundation, Acropyga paleartica 
  • Publisher: The Austrian Society of Entomofaunistics
  • ISSN: Print: 1994-4136 - Online: 1997-3500