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Alate (Latin ālātus, from āla (“wing”)) is an
adjective and noun used in
entomology and
botany to
refer to
something that has
wings or
winglike structures...
- Head of a
queen dealate...
- find a mate. The drone's only job is to mate with the
virgin queens. The
dealate, or
newly fertilized queen,
sheds her wings,
finds a
suitable nesting location...
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Monomorium talbotae Monomorium talbotae dealate queen Conservation status Vulnerable (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification Domain:
Eukaryota Kingdom:...
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particularly large colony in
Weybridge on July 29, 1913, in
which "the
deälated females and
workers in this nest
being the
largest I have ever seen".[citation...
- Head of an
Adelomyrmex myops dealate queen...
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Mature colonies take
nuptial flights in mid-June to late August.
Fertile dealate queens sometimes do not
begin the egg-laying
process until after their...
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queens have
small and
rudimentary wings which render the
queen flightless.
Dealated queens with
developed wings and
thoraces are
considered rare. In some species...
- nest, and mate. From this
point onward, they are
called kings and queens,
dealates, or
primary reproductives.
Secondary reproductives, or neotenics, develop...
- the type
species D.
cibdelus by
Brown &
Wilson (1957),
based on workers,
dealate queens and
larvae collected by
Wilson near Lae,
Papua New Guinea. Ants...
