Red-streaked ant - Red-streaked ant

…Worker ants are sexually female, and because they reach adulthood underdeveloped, they are smaller than female ants, lack wings, and their reproductive organs have degenerated. In cases where there are two types of worker ants, large and small, such as in the case of the giant red ant, the larger ones are called soldiers. In the Japanese ant (illustration), there is no female caste, and they reproduce only by laying eggs by worker ants. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "red ant" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…働きアリは性的には雌性で，発育不全のまま成虫になるため雌アリより小型で翅を欠き，生殖器官も退化している。オオズアカアリのように働きアリに大小2型がある場合は，大型のものを兵アリと呼ぶ。アミメアリ（イラスト）では雌アリの階級を欠き，働きアリの産卵でのみ繁殖する。…

※「オオズアカアリ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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