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Queenlessness and reproductive differentiation in <i>Ophthalmopone hottentota</i>


C.P. Peeters
R.M. Crewe

Abstract

The reproductive activity of ants in two colonies of Ophthalmopone hottentota was determined by dissecting their ovaries and examining their spermathecae. Queens are absent. There are a number of inseminated workers in each colony, and all these had active ovaries. Thus, the strict association between ovarian activity and Insemination was confirmed for this species.

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