Colony composition, brood production and caste dimorphism in two species of the doryline genus Lioponera in the Oriental tropics (Formicidae: Dorylinae)

• Main Authors: Ito, Fuminori, Jaitrong, Jaitrong, Hashim, Rosli, Mizuno, Riou
• Format: Article
• Published: Penerbit Universiti Malaysia Sabah 2018
• Subjects: Q Science (General); QH Natural history
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/21779/; http://www.asian-myrmecology.org/doi/10.20362/am.010007.html

Recent phylogenetic research indicates that the true army ants (e.g. Aenictus, Dorylus, Eciton, Neivamyrmex) belong to the subfamily Dorylinae, together with several non-army ant genera such as Cerapachys, Yunodorylus, Lioponera and Ooceraea. Thus, comparative studies among doryline genera are very...