Plerergate

A plerergate is a polymorph of an ant, also known 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]

See also

Notes

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