Four new inquiline social parasite species in the dolichoderine ant genus tapinoma (hymenoptera, formicidae)

HIGHLIGHTS

• What: The authors report the first inquilines discovered in the genus Tapinoma.
• Who: Stefan P. Cover from the Harvard University, Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA, USA have published the research: Four new inquiline social parasite species in the dolichoderine ant genus Tapinoma (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), in the Journal: (JOURNAL) of 15/04/2024

SUMMARY

In most cases the inquiline queen coexists with one or more host queens but "castrates" the colony by suppressing or greatly reducing the production of host sexual forms and substituting the production of parasite sexual offspring (Kutter 1968; Rabeling . . .

 



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