Miscel·lània Zoològica. Volume 21.1 (1998) Pages: 49-52
Social and genetic structure of the ant Leptothorax risii Forel, 1892 (Insecta, Hyrnenoptera, Formicidae) frorn Gran Canaria
Heinze, J.
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The colony structure of Leptothorax (Myrafant) risii, a little known ant belonging to the L. rottenbergi group and endemic to the Canary Islands, was investigated by enzyrne electrophoresis. In a preliminary investigation of only eight colonies frorn Gran Canaria, worker relatedness was found to be 0.77±0.07, suggesting that at least these colonies of L. risii were rnonogynous and monandrous, i.e., contain only a single, singly-mated queen. L. risii thus appears similar in this respect to most other species of Leptothorax (Myrafant).
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Heinze, J., 1998. Social and genetic structure of the ant Leptothorax risii Forel, 1892 (Insecta, Hyrnenoptera, Formicidae) frorn Gran Canaria. Miscel·lània Zoològica, 21: 49-52-
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