Red imported fire ant Solenopsis invicta buren workers do not have ovaries
B. D. Hoffmann,
M. Pettit,
Amol Bharat Ghodke
Abstract:Workers of the red imported fire ant Solenopsis invicta are repeatedly claimed in the literature not to have ovaries. Here, we demonstrate that we cannot find a source publication that proves the statement, and we show how publications are erroneously citing this statement. To remedy this gap, we dissected 87 S. invicta workers over a range of worker sizes, and demonstrate that S. invicta workers do not have reproductive organs. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time such a demonstration has been… Show more
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