Baer, Boris; Boomsma, Jacobus J. - In: Behavioral Ecology 15 (2004) 3, pp. 426-432
-growing ants, representing both genera with single- and multiple-queen mating. We found that the general morphology of the male … reminiscent of the lower attine ants, but without having significantly reduced their investment in sperm production. We … hypothesize that the main function of accessory gland compounds in attine ants is to monopolize male paternity in similar ways as …