Multiple Convergent Origins of Workerlessness and Inbreeding in the Socially Parasitic Ant Genus Myrmoxenus

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-323413
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.32341

Heinze, Jürgen ; Buschinger, Alfred ; Pöttinger, Theo

; Suefuji, Masaki

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Abstract

The socially parasitic ant genus Myrmoxenus varies strongly in fundamental life history traits, such as queen-worker ratio, the timing of sexual production, and mating behavior. Myrmoxenus queens generally take over nests of Temnothorax ants, kill the resident queen by throttling, and force the workers to take care of the social parasite's brood. Young queens of M. ravouxi and other species ...