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Table 5. Number and Type of Dealate Females in Multiple-Queen Colonies of 
Leplothorax ambiguus 
Colony 
No. 
n Dealate 
99 
A-99 
b-99 
c-99 
c-99 
Remarks 
, 
2 
2 
_ 
_ 
_ 
2 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
3 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
4 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
5 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
6 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Colonies No. 
7 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1-15 are truly 
8 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
polygynous 
9 
4 
2 
2 
- 
- 
10 
3 
2 
- 
- 
i 
1 1 
3 
3 
- 
- 
- 
12 
3 
2 
1 
- 
- 
13 
3 
2 
1 
- 
- 
14 
5 
4 
- 
- 
i 
15 
13 
2 
- 
3 
8 
16 
2 
1 
1 
- 
- 
17 
2 
1 
1 
- 
- 
18 
2 
1 
1 
- 
- 
Colonies No. 
19 
2 
1 
1 
- 
- 
1 6-23 are 
20 
3 
1 
2 
- 
- 
becoming 
21 
3 
1 
1 
- 
1 
polygynous 
22 
3 
1 
I 
- 
1 
23 
2 
- 
2 
- 
- 
24 
2 
1 
- 
- 
1 + 
Colony fragment? 
25 
2 
- 
1 
- 
1 + 
+C-9 without 
26 
2 
1 
- 
- 
1 
spermatheca 
27 
2 
1 
- 
- 
1 
28 
3 
- 
1 
- 
2 
29 
2 
- 
- 
2 
- 
Colony fragment? 
30 
6 
- 
- 
2 
4 
Total 
88 
43 
16 
7 
22 
Another 7 nests (No. 16-23 in Table 5) were in the process of 
becoming polygynous. They contained 1 A-queen and 1 or 2 b- 
queens. One nest (No. 23) contained 2 b-queens only and was thus 
also becoming polygynous, although it lacked an A-queen. A 
number of nests contained one or more C-queens. Most of these 
