Thoracic Crop Formation Following Dealation by Virgin Females of Two Species of Solenopsis

Authors

B. M. Glancey, USDA
A. Glover, USDA
C. S. Lofgren, USDA

Date of this Version

1981

Comments

Published in The Florida Entomologist, Vol. 64, No. 3 (Sep., 1981), p. 454.

Abstract

The enlargement of the esophagus following dealation to form a "thoracic" crop has been reported for Lasius queens by Janet (1907. Ducourtieux and Gout 149 p.), for queen ants of 5 genera by Petersen-Braun and Buschinger (1975. Insectes Sociaux 22: 51-66) and for mated and unmated queens of the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren by Glancey et al.