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Table 1. Repertoiries of Oligomyrmex overbecki worker castes, including subdi- 
visions of the minor caste (see text). Numbers represent the proportion that each 
behavior represented of the total number of acts observed for each type of worker. 
Replete 
Minor 
Non-replete 
Minor 
Callow 
Minor 
Major 
Self-grooming 
0.2443 
0.2632 
0.2237 
0.6074 
Allogroom minor 
0.1401 
0.1219 
0.0461 
0 
Allogroom major 
0.0104 
0.0042 
0.0066 
0 
Allogroom queen 
0.0048 
0.0014 
0 
0 
Lick eggs 
0.0248 
0.0028 
0.0921 
0 
Lick small larva 
0.0200 
0.0125 
0.0066 
0.0123 
Lick large larva 
0.2284 
0.1759 
0.1645 
0.1411 
Lick pupa 
0.0587 
0.0111 
0.1974 
0.0061 
Carry eggs 
0.0483 
0.0069 
0.1908 
0 
Carry small larva 
0.0041 
0.0028 
0.0197 
0 
Carry large larva 
0.0352 
0.0457 
0 
0 
Carry pupa 
0.0028 
0.0014 
0 
0 
Carry minor worker 
0.0035 
0 
0 
0 
Pull on queen 
0.0014 
0 
0 
0 
Nip at immature 
Assist in: 
0.0076 
0.0263 
0.0066 
0.2209 
larval ecdysis 
0.0021 
0.0014 
0 
0 
ecdysis to pupa 
0.0104 
0.0042 
0 
0 
adult eclosion 
0.0035 
0.0042 
0 
0 
meconium removal 
0.0035 
0 
0 
0 
Manipulate meconium 
0.0193 
0.0208 
0.0197 
0 
Remove liquid waste 
0.0062 
0.0042 
0 
0 
Handle nest material 
0.0200 
0.0706 
0.0066 
0 
Forage 
0.0179 
0.1371 
0 
0 
Retrieve solid food 
0.0007 
0.0014 
0 
0 
Eat solid food 
0.0248 
0.0180 
0 
0 
Feed on immatures 
0.0304 
0.0291 
0 
0 
Feed larva solid food 
Regurgitate to: 
0.0041 
0 
0 
0 
larva 
0.0048 
0.0028 
0.0197 
0 
minor worker 
0.0110 
0.0248 
0 
0.0123 
major worker 
0.0048 
0.0042 
0 
0 
queen 
Carry or eat 
0.0014 
0 
0 
0 
dead nestmate 
0.0007 
0.0014 
0 
0 
No. acts observed 
1449 
722 
152 
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