Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Dorylus" in Russian language version.
The evolution of mating systems in eusocial Hymenoptera is constrained because females mate only during a brief period early in life, whereas inseminated queens and their stored sperm may live for decades…We show that queens of Neivamyrmex and Aenictus mate with the same high numbers of males (usually ca. 10–20) as do queens of army ant species with very large colony sizes…The species of Dorylus (Anomma) and Eciton where multiple queen mating has been documented (Kronauer 2004, 2006a, 2006b; Denny et al. 2004) have extreme degrees of worker caste polymorphism and larger colonies than almost any other social insect…; ... Being the largest ants on Earth, African Dorylus (Anomma) queens also hold the world record in reproductive potential among the insects, with an egg-laying capacity of several millions per month…
The permanent lack of wings in army ant queens has one important corollary: they do not go on mating flights. Instead, young army ant queens mate inside their natal colony with foreign males that disperse on the wing…The reproductive colony undergoes fission during which the worker force splits into two roughly equal parts…
The evolution of mating systems in eusocial Hymenoptera is constrained because females mate only during a brief period early in life, whereas inseminated queens and their stored sperm may live for decades…We show that queens of Neivamyrmex and Aenictus mate with the same high numbers of males (usually ca. 10–20) as do queens of army ant species with very large colony sizes…The species of Dorylus (Anomma) and Eciton where multiple queen mating has been documented (Kronauer 2004, 2006a, 2006b; Denny et al. 2004) have extreme degrees of worker caste polymorphism and larger colonies than almost any other social insect…; ... Being the largest ants on Earth, African Dorylus (Anomma) queens also hold the world record in reproductive potential among the insects, with an egg-laying capacity of several millions per month…
The permanent lack of wings in army ant queens has one important corollary: they do not go on mating flights. Instead, young army ant queens mate inside their natal colony with foreign males that disperse on the wing…The reproductive colony undergoes fission during which the worker force splits into two roughly equal parts…
The evolution of mating systems in eusocial Hymenoptera is constrained because females mate only during a brief period early in life, whereas inseminated queens and their stored sperm may live for decades…We show that queens of Neivamyrmex and Aenictus mate with the same high numbers of males (usually ca. 10–20) as do queens of army ant species with very large colony sizes…The species of Dorylus (Anomma) and Eciton where multiple queen mating has been documented (Kronauer 2004, 2006a, 2006b; Denny et al. 2004) have extreme degrees of worker caste polymorphism and larger colonies than almost any other social insect…; ... Being the largest ants on Earth, African Dorylus (Anomma) queens also hold the world record in reproductive potential among the insects, with an egg-laying capacity of several millions per month…
