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[Bracchymyrmex]

Brachymyrmex spp.

Carebara affinis

Carebara diversus

Formica cinerea

Formica balcanina

Formica lugubris

Formica sanguinea

Formica ulkei

Lasius flavus

Linepithema humile

Monomorium ergatogyna

Monomorium pharaonis

Myrmica  (some species, like rubra)

Nylanderia spp.

Odontomachus spp

Pheidole megacephala

Solenopsis fugax

Solenopsis molesta 

Solenopsis richteri

Tapinoma melanocephalum

Tapinoma sessile

Tetramorium (most species)

 

Here's the full list (from this thread).

Edited by Bracchymyrmex, May 12 2017 - 10:00 AM.

[BMM]

Tetramorium tsushimae is another one.

[Bracchymyrmex]

Tetramorium tsushimae is another one.

 

Added.

[Alabama Anter]

Solenopsis fugax

Solenopsis invicta (sometimes)

Solenopsis richteri (most times)

Solenopsis gemianta (some times)

Carebara affinis

Carebara diversus

Odontomachus spp

[Bracchymyrmex]

Solenopsis fugax

Solenopsis invicta (sometimes)

Solenopsis richteri (most times)

Solenopsis gemianta (some times)

Carebara affinis

Carebara diversus

Odontomachus spp

Added only the ones that are polygynous most of the time.

[MegaMyrmex]

Prenolepis impairs and monomorium species tend to be really polygynous

[Bracchymyrmex]

Prenolepis impairs and monomorium species tend to be really polygynous

 

Prenolepis can be polygynous however when they have more than one queen in a colony the queens are typically in different chambers this behavior is referred to as pleometrophic. That being said, I stuck two queens together this year and they have not torn each other's heads off. Planning on adding the genus to the list if this colony makes it past the first year.

[Nathant2131]

 

Prenolepis impairs and monomorium species tend to be really polygynous

 

Prenolepis can be polygynous however when they have more than one queen in a colony the queens are typically in different chambers this behavior is referred to as pleometrophic. That being said, I stuck two queens together this year and they have not torn each other's heads off. Planning on adding the genus to the list if this colony makes it past the first year.

 

The correct term is pleometrotic.

 

What you explained isn't exactly what pleometrosis is. Pleometrosis is the action in which a colony is founded with multiple queens. Later on, only one queen will remain, whether that be if the other queens move away from the colony or get killed by colony members.

[Vendayn]

The best thing about Monomorium ergatogyna (for California at least), they are both native and one of the very few native ants able to drive out Argentine ants. The M. ergatogyna win 99% of their fights against the Argentine ants. The biggest colony I've seen of M. ergatogyna; stretched out an entire block in length, and took up the entire hillside. That colony was huge! 

[AntswerMe]

Formica rufa

[NikolaBale]

Cataglyphis nodus
Cataglyphis nodus

[spectredaemon]

Only some Solenopsis invicta are polygynous. The vast majority of them are monogynous.

 

Apparently it appears that there might have been a nuptial flight of Solenopsis (invicta?) sp. sometime yesterday at my apartment complex, and actually by my work about 10 miles away. I managed to collect one queen at work, and 7 others when I got home. I spotted around 40 within an area less than the size of a football field (only checking concrete and visible dirt), how exciting!

 

By the dumpster, I found 5 queens hiding together under a wood chip, so, I figured why not throw them all (three of them, another by itself, and the fifth got away) in a tube setup together. We'll see what happens in about a week, but they did not show any signs of aggression, yet. I don't know a lot about ants yet, but they were piled on top of each other.

 

This thread is very helpful! Thanks for the info from everyone.

 

I have yet to see anything but Solenopsis sp. queens in my hunts, there are some Small Black Ants about, but I haven't bothered looking into their nuptial times yet.

[cpman]

Atta texana can be polygyne -- and they can transition smoothly from communal colony founding to polygyny -- something that not every polygyne ant can do.

(see this paper and this one)

 

Also, I think that Nylanderia fulva is polygyne as well -- unsurprisingly, given its invasive nature.

[Mdrogun]

Monomorium minimum is quite polygynous, they will gladly accept new queens, and they will gladly merge with other colonies.

[Ameise]

I think Tapinoma sessile is inconsistently polygynous. I tried to establish a bigynous setup with two T. sessile queens, and they ended up fighting after 3 days and I had to separate them. Another test so far is successful. I suspect that there is more than one species being called T. sessile, or there are subspecies, or something else.

[FeedTheAnts]

I've had the same experience with T sessile when trying to found a colony with them, you really have no idea what they are going to do.

[noobkeeper]

Tapinoma nigerriumum is higly polyginous and even well established colonies will accept new workers and new queens from other colonies .

[Canadian anter]

My Lasius alienus colony has 2 queens and I catch them fighting every once in awhile. They've been like this for months and they never seem to do any damage. No idea if this counts as polygyny

[bunyan]

 

Brachymyrmex spp.

Carebara affinis

Carebara diversus

Formica cinerea

Formica balcanina

Formica lugubris

Formica sanguinea

Formica ulkei

Lasius flavus

Linepithema humile

Monomorium ergatogyna

Monomorium pharaonis

Myrmica  (some species, like rubra)

Nylanderia spp.

Odontomachus spp

Pheidole megacephala

Solenopsis fugax

Solenopsis molesta 

Solenopsis richteri

Tapinoma melanocephalum

Tapinoma sessile

Tetramorium (most species)

 

Here's the full list (from this thread).

 

Is Tetramorium caespitum also polygynous?

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[cpman]

 

 

Brachymyrmex spp.

Carebara affinis

Carebara diversus

Formica cinerea

Formica balcanina

Formica lugubris

Formica sanguinea

Formica ulkei

Lasius flavus

Linepithema humile

Monomorium ergatogyna

Monomorium pharaonis

Myrmica  (some species, like rubra)

Nylanderia spp.

Odontomachus spp

Pheidole megacephala

Solenopsis fugax

Solenopsis molesta 

Solenopsis richteri

Tapinoma melanocephalum

Tapinoma sessile

Tetramorium (most species)

 

Here's the full list (from this thread).

 

Is Tetramorium caespitum also polygynous?

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I believe it's not. The key to US Tetramorium at antwiki has monogyny being one of the factors that distinguishes T. caespitum from T. tsushimae. It also says that most of the colonies in Europe are monogyne. I don't really know though -- we don't have them here.

Edited by cpman, June 30 2017 - 12:20 PM.