Citations:pseudogyny

English citations of pseudogyny

biology

Century defines pseudogyny as "the condition of being a pseudogyne", which it defines as "a curious caste of form of ant occurring in the colonies of certain species, [...] in which is combined the thorax of a female with the abdomen of a worker."

• 1903, Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society, page 172:

  Pseudogyny in Formica, and its Cause. — E. Wasmann returns with fresh light to a discussion of “pseudogyny” in Formica sanguinea, […]

• 1903, Nature, volume 67, page 508:

  In a profoundly interesting paper, E. Wasmann […] shows that the habit of rearing larvae of of Lomechusids (especially of Lomechusa strumosa) is responsible for bringing about that strange phenomenon of inhibited female development (the thorax of a female combined with the abdomen and size of a worker) called pseudogyny.