학술논문

A Remarkable New Species of the Army Ant Genus Aenictus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) with a Polymorphic Worker Caste / 働きアリに多型がある特異なヒメサスライアリの1新種
Document Type
Journal Article
Source
Tropics. 1999, 8(4):427
Subject
Aenictus
Borneo
army ant
new species
polymorphism
Language
Japanese
ISSN
0917-415X
1882-5729
Abstract
A new species of the army ant genus Aenict"s is described from Sarawak, East Malaysia. This Bornean species is remarkable in having a polymorphic worker caste, and an inflated propodeum filled with red liquid in larger workers. The smaller workers possess narrower heads with the sides almost parallel, very short antennae and legs, and normal propodea. They were few in number and their function in colony organization is not known.