Cataglyphis cursor
| Cataglyphis cursor | |
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| Cataglyphis cursorsubsp.creticusworker | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Genus: | Cataglyphis |
| Species: | C. cursor
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| Binomial name | |
| Cataglyphis cursor (Fonscolombe,1846)
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Cataglyphis cursoris a species ofantin the genusCataglyphis.[1]Described in 1846, it is known only from theMediterraneanparts of France.[2]
Reproduction
[edit]Parthenogenesisis a natural form of reproduction in which growth and development ofembryosoccur withoutfertilization.Thelytokyis a particular form of parthenogenesis in which the development of a female individual occurs from an unfertilized egg.Automixisis a form of thelytoky, but there are several kinds of automixis. The kind of automixis relevant here is one in which twohaploidproducts from the samemeiosiscombine to form adiploidzygote.
The process of automictic thelytoky with central fusion has been studied inC. cursor.[3][4]Central fusion allows heterozygosity to be largely maintained.Queen antsuse this process to produce female reproductive progeny (gynes), thus increasing the transmission of their own genes through thegermlinelineage. Also, queens use sexual reproduction to produce worker ants. InC. cursorcolonies with a single queen, 96.4% of daughter queens arise from thelytokous parthenogenetic eggs, while 97.9% of daughter workers arise from fertilized eggs.[3]
Subspecies
[edit]Besides the type subspecies, the following three are recognized:
- Cataglyphis cursorsubsp.aterrimusPisarski, 1967
- Cataglyphis cursorsubsp.creticus(Forel,1910)
- Cataglyphis cursorsubsp.rockingeri(Forel, 1911)
References
[edit]- ^Bolton, B.(2015)."Cataglyphis cursor".AntCat.Retrieved31 January2015.
- ^Borowiec, L.; Salata, S. (2013)."Ants of Greece – additions and corrections (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)"(PDF).Genus.24(3–4). Wroclaw: 335–401.
- ^abPearcy M, Aron S, Doums C, Keller L (2004)."Conditional use of sex and parthenogenesis for worker and queen production in ants".Science.306(5702): 1780–3.Bibcode:2004Sci...306.1780P.doi:10.1126/science.1105453.PMID15576621.S2CID37558595.
- ^Aron S, Timmermans I, Pearcy M (2011)."Ant queens adjust egg fertilization to benefit from both sexual and asexual reproduction".Biology Letters.7(4): 571–573.doi:10.1098/rsbl.2010.1189.PMC3130223.PMID21307046.