蚁窝

“蚁窝”是指能够维持其完整生命周期的单一蚂蚁物种的族群。蚁群是真社会、公共的和有效组织，并且与其他社会膜翅目中发现的蜂窝非常相似，尽管这些蚁窝的各个群体通过趋同演化。^[1] 典型的群体由一只或多只产卵蚁后、众多不孕雌蚁（工蚁、兵蚁）以及季节性的许多有翅的有性雄蚁和雌蚁组成。^[2] 为了建立新的蚁窝，蚂蚁会在一天中物种特征时间进行飞行。^[3] 成群结队的有翅性动物（被称为有翼的（英语：Alate））离开巢穴去寻找其他巢穴。^[4] 此后不久，雄性和大多数雌性一起死亡，^[5]一小部分雌性存活下来并建立新的巢穴.^[6]

参考资料

^ Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences. Convergent evolution, superefficient teams and tempo in Old and New World army ants. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences (Royal Society Publishing). 1999, 266 (1429): 1697–1701. PMC 1690180 . doi:10.1098/rspb.1999.0834.
^ Ant Colony – ASU – Ask A Biologist. askabiologist.asu.edu. 16 April 2010.
^ Seasonal and nocturnal periodicities in ant nuptial flights in the Tropics (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). ResearchGate. [2017-10-12] （英语）.
^ Wilson, E. O. The Organization of a Nuptial Flight of the Ant Pheidole Sttarches Wheeler. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 1957, 64 (2): 46–50. ISSN 0033-2615. doi:10.1155/1957/68319  （英语）.
^ Loiácono, Marta; Margaría, Cecilia. Hymenoptera (Sawflies, Ants, Bees, and Wasps). Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: 405–425. [8 December 2018].
^ Holldobler, Bert; Wilson, Edward O. The Ants. Harvard University Press. 1990. ISBN 0-674-04075-9.

[1] Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences. Convergent evolution, superefficient teams and tempo in Old and New World army ants. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences (Royal Society Publishing). 1999, 266 (1429): 1697–1701. PMC 1690180 . doi:10.1098/rspb.1999.0834.

[asu.edu-2] Ant Colony – ASU – Ask A Biologist. askabiologist.asu.edu. 16 April 2010.

[3] Seasonal and nocturnal periodicities in ant nuptial flights in the Tropics (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). ResearchGate. [2017-10-12] （英语）.

[4] Wilson, E. O. The Organization of a Nuptial Flight of the Ant Pheidole Sttarches Wheeler. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 1957, 64 (2): 46–50. ISSN 0033-2615. doi:10.1155/1957/68319  （英语）.

[5] Loiácono, Marta; Margaría, Cecilia. Hymenoptera (Sawflies, Ants, Bees, and Wasps). Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: 405–425. [8 December 2018].

[TheAnts-6] Holldobler, Bert; Wilson, Edward O. The Ants. Harvard University Press. 1990. ISBN 0-674-04075-9.

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