Plerergate

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A plerergate is a polymorph of an ant, also know as a replete or rotund, characterized by an enlarged abdominal area (the crop of the gullet) for the purpose of food storage. [1] This occurs in honey ants.[2]

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  1. ^ antbase.org
  2. ^ Entomological Society of America (1908). Annals of the Entomological Society of America. Entomological Society of America, 47. 
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