Caste (biology) - kaasuto

Japanese: カースト(生物) - かーすと
Caste (biology) - kaasuto

...The word is generally taken to mean "insecta living in groups," but in fact it is mainly used to refer to ants, termites, and some colonial bees (such as wasps, hornets, honeybees, stingless bees, bumblebees, and some sweat bees), and will be explained in this sense below. The characteristic of these insects is that the group (colony) is maintained by a caste system (it has no relation to the caste system in humans, although there is a superficial similarity). The colony is mainly composed of individuals responsible for reproduction (queen, etc.)

*Some of the terminology that refers to "caste (biology)" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…語感から一般に〈集団生活をしている昆虫〉ととられがちだが,実際はおもにアリ,シロアリおよび一部の集団性ハチ類(カリバチ類waspsのアシナガバチ,スズメバチやハナバチ類beesのミツバチ,ハリナシバチ,マルハナバチ,一部のコハナバチなど)に対して用いられるもので,以下この意味で解説する。これらの昆虫の特性は,集団(コロニー)がカースト制によって維持されている点にある(ヒトにおけるカースト制とは,表面的類似はあっても無関係)。コロニーはおもに繁殖を担当する個体(女王。…

※「カースト(生物)」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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