lately, I have become increasingly aware of how diverse the genus Monomorium is in terms of its different reproductive strategies and habits. for example, some colonies stage nuptial flights, others mate below ground and tolerate vast amounts of inbreeding, some have ergatoids and others only have a wingless queen morph. This raises a few questions : Do species of Monomorium exist that have done away with males entirely and if so, how do they successfully produce workers (how do other species known to be asexual do this as well?)? In species of Monomorium that exhibit an ergatoid caste / wingless queen morph, do these castes obtain sperm from males of their own colony?
Edited by ctantkeeper, February 20 2017 - 7:12 PM.
