Myrmeciinae
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Myrmeciinae is a subfamily of the Formicidae, ants once found worldwide but now restricted to Australia and New Caledonia. This subfamily is one of several ant subfamilies which possess gamergates, fe
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Gamergate (ant)
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A gamergate is a mated worker ant that can reproduce sexually, i.e., lay fertilized eggs that will develop as females. In the vast majority of ant species, workers are sterile and gamergates are restr
Myrmeciinae
…Formicidae, ants once found worldwide but now restricted to Australia and New Caledonia. This subfamily is one of several ant subfamilies which possess gamergates, female worker ants which are able to mate and reproduce, thus sustaining the colony after the loss of the queen. The Myrmeciinae subfamily was formerly…
Lateral view of an Ophthalmopone berthoudi worker, the ant for which the term gamergate was originally coined
Dorsal view of a nonreproductive female Diacamma australe worker, lacking anterior thoracic gemmae (buds)