36 BRITISH ANTS. 



Typical male ants are always winged, and are often very much 

 alike, superficially, though they may belong to widely separated 

 genera, and even sub-families, in which the females and workers are 

 very diverse. 



The body is usually delicate in form, and the colour is often 

 darker than in the female and worker ; though in some cases the 

 male may be yellow, or red, etc., when the female is black. The 

 head is usually smaller and rounder, the eyes and ocelli more highly 



Fig. 45. Ergatandromorph of Myrmica scabrinodis. Ditchling, IX.1909. 



(Bondroit.) 



developed, the mandibles smaller and weaker, and the antennae 

 longer and finer, than in the female and worker. 



2. The macraner is larger in stature than the normal male of the 

 species in question, and is occasionally to be met with in populous 

 colonies. 



3. The micraner is smaller in stature than the normal male of 

 the species in question. 



4. The dorylaner is a large form of male peculiar to the Dory line 

 ants. This sub -family does not occur in Britain. 



5. The phthisaner is a pupal male which in the larval or semi- 

 pupal state has had its juices partially extracted by an Orasema 



