Male ant - Male ant

…There are characteristics such as the existence of a wingless caste called worker ants, the presence of a small, independent body segment called the petiole, which has one or two segments between the thorax and abdomen, and the antennae of female and worker ants have a long first segment (stalk) that connects to the second and subsequent segments in an elbow-like shape. In principle, there are three castes: males, females, and workers. Male ants develop from unfertilized eggs, and their somatic cells have half the chromosomes of the female. …

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…働きアリという無翅の階級が存在すること，胸部と腹部の間に1節，または2節の腹柄節という小型の独立した体節があること，雌アリと働きアリの触角は第1節(柄節)が長くのびて第2節以下とはひじ状に接続するなどの特徴をもつ。　原則的に雄アリ，雌アリおよび働きアリの3階級(カースト)がある。雄アリは無精卵から発生し，体細胞の染色体は雌性の半数。…

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