Specion

Japanese: specion
Specion

…In many animals, as mentioned at the beginning, individuals are directly elements that constitute the species. Imanishi called such things specions. However, in the case of many social insects such as bees, wasps, and ants, individuals are components of the colony, and it is the colony that is directly connected to the species. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "specion" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…多くの動物においては,個体は初めに述べたように,直接種を構成する要素となっている。このようなものを今西はスペシオンspecionとよんだ。しかしミツバチやアシナガバチ,アリなどのような多くの社会性昆虫の場合,個体はそのコロニーの構成要素であって,種と直接的につながるのはコロニーなのである。…

※「specion」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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