DORONOMYRMEX-POCAHONTAS - NOT A WORKERLESS PARASITE BUT STILL AN ENIGMATIC TAXON (HYMENOPTERA, FORMICIDAE)

Authors
BUSCHINGER A HEINZE J
Citation
A. Buschinger et J. Heinze, DORONOMYRMEX-POCAHONTAS - NOT A WORKERLESS PARASITE BUT STILL AN ENIGMATIC TAXON (HYMENOPTERA, FORMICIDAE), Insectes sociaux, 40(4), 1993, pp. 423-432
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology,Entomology
Journal title
Insectes sociaux → ACNP
ISSN journal
00201812
Volume
40
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
423 - 432
Database
ISI
SICI code
0020-1812(1993)40:4<423:D-NAWP>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
New data suggest that the North American ant Doronomyrmex pocahontas B uschinger 1979, originally described as a workerless inquiline, is not a social parasite. Breeding experiments show a remarkable phenotypic plasticity, which is probably due to hybridization or to intraspecific polymorphism.