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Do permanently mixed colonies of wood ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) really exist?
Subtitle:Annales Zoologici, vol. 56, no 4
Creator:Czechowski, Wojciech ; Radčenko, Aleksandr Grigor'evič
Contributor:Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Publisher: Place of publishing: Date issued/created: Description:Bibliogr. p. 672-673 ; P. 667-673 : ill. ; 27 cm ; Taxa in Latin
Type of object: Subject and Keywords:ants ; Formicidae ; Formica rufa-group ; Formica polyctena ; Formica aquilonia ; Formica rufa ; mixed colonies ; polygyny ; morphology ; phenotypes
Abstract:We describe the composition of two colonies of wood ants (FM-1 and FM-2) from southern Finland, identified on the basis of morphological investigations of workers (for FM-1, also of alate gynes and males) as mixed colonies comprising individuals with phenotypes typical of Formica aquilonia Yarr., F. polyctena Först. and F. rufa L.The prevailing species (phenotypes) were F. polyctena in FM-1, and F. rufa in FM-2. Colony FM-1 was observed every year in the period 1996–2006, almost from the moment it was formed. A first tentative investigation in 1999 revealed that it was already a mixed oneand was probably also polygynous. Systematic follow-up investigations from 2002 to 2006 demonstrated relative stability of the proportions of individual species (phenotypes). A possible origin of this permanently mixed colony is postulated and discussed.
Relation: Volume: Issue: Start page: End page: Resource type: Detailed Resource Type: Format: Source:MiIZ PAN, call no. P.255, vol 56, no 4 ; MiIZ PAN, call no. P.4314, vol 56, no 4 ; click here to follow the link
Language: Language of abstract: Rights:Rights Reserved - Restricted Access
Terms of use: Digitizing institution:Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Original in:Library of the Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Projects co-financed by:European Union. European Regional Development Fund ; Programme Innovative Economy, 2010-2014, Priority Axis 2. R&D infrastructure
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