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Which species mate in the nest / have immortal colonies?

Started By soulsynapse , Feb 21 2017 6:17 PM

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#1 Offline soulsynapse - Posted February 21 2017 - 6:17 PM

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Invicta, Longicornis, Argentine... any others?


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#2 Offline BMM - Posted February 21 2017 - 6:36 PM

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Tapinoma sessile.


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#3 Offline Leo - Posted February 21 2017 - 6:40 PM

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yep


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#4 Offline Martialis - Posted February 21 2017 - 7:10 PM

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Probably any ant on this list:

 

http://www.antwiki.o...i/Supercolonies


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#5 Offline Nathant2131 - Posted February 21 2017 - 7:41 PM

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Probably any ant on this list:
 
http://www.antwiki.o...i/Supercolonies

Interesting. Never knew F. exsecta made supercolonies.

#6 Offline soulsynapse - Posted February 21 2017 - 7:45 PM

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#7 Offline Martialis - Posted February 21 2017 - 7:48 PM

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Probably any ant on this list:
 
http://www.antwiki.o...i/Supercolonies

Interesting. Never knew F. exsecta made supercolonies.

 

 

Neither did I. I wonder if they parasitize nests to add territory.


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#8 Offline Alabama Anter - Posted February 21 2017 - 8:04 PM

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#9 Offline Serafine - Posted February 22 2017 - 12:06 AM

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Solenopsis fugax (they also accept new queens after founding).

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#10 Offline AntswerMe - Posted May 4 2017 - 12:09 PM

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Late to the party but Solenopsis invicta does NOT mate in the nest. Some can be polygynous however.

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#11 Offline Serafine - Posted May 4 2017 - 12:17 PM

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Lasius neglectus.

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#12 Offline VoidElecent - Posted May 4 2017 - 3:02 PM

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I think many Monomorium species, such as M. minimum and M. emarginatum have been known to exhibit these traits, as well.


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#13 Offline Batspiderfish - Posted May 4 2017 - 3:29 PM

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Figuring out which species mate inside the nest (or which species accept additional queens) takes more than a thread where everybody rattles off names without adding context or details.

 

I agree that most ants which are polygynous or polydomous belong on this list, but bear in mind that there are loads of exceptions. Many polygynous species will also be monogynous.


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#14 Offline Serafine - Posted May 4 2017 - 4:07 PM

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Also just because a species is polygynous doesn't mean it accepts foreign new queens (nor that it works all the time - I've just read a Camponotus nicobarensis journal where the merging of two colonies went terribly wrong with one colony being completely annihilated).

Regarding the question of this topic, pretty much all ant species which form supercolonies are very likely to do this.

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#15 Offline Nathant2131 - Posted May 4 2017 - 4:22 PM

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Figuring out which species mate inside the nest (or which species accept additional queens) takes more than a thread where everybody rattles off names without adding context or details.

I agree 100 %.


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#16 Offline SamKeepsAnts - Posted May 4 2017 - 7:18 PM

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Definitely Monomorium, also Cardiocondyla and possibly Brachymymrex.


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#17 Offline HongKongAnter - Posted May 6 2017 - 1:55 AM

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Camponotus Nicobarensis.


#18 Offline AntswerMe - Posted May 14 2017 - 1:13 PM

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Also, WHY has nobody brought up the infamous Paratrechina longicornis: the double cloning ant that can have actual immortal colonies, unlike many ants said in this thread?

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#19 Offline AntswerMe - Posted May 16 2017 - 4:05 AM

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And another thing, Wasmannia auropunctata double clones, and can have true immortal colonies as well.

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#20 Offline AntswerMe - Posted May 16 2017 - 5:03 AM

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Along with Vollenhovia emeryi, which does too.
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