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Table 6. Numbers and Type of Dealate Females in Multiple-Queen Colonies of 
Leptothorax curvispinosus 
Colony 
n Dealate 
No. 
9$ 
A-99 
b-99 
c-99 
c-99 
Remarks 
1 
2 
2 
. 
. 
. 
2 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
3 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
4 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
5 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
6 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Colony No. 
7 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1-16 truly 
8 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
polygynous 
9 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
10 
3 
3 
- 
- 
- 
11 
3 
3 
- 
- 
- 
12 
3 
3 
- 
- 
- 
13 
4 
4 
- 
- 
- 
14 
4 
2 
2 
- 
- 
15 
4 
3 
1 
- 
- 
16 
4 
3 
- 
i + 
+ C-9without 
17 
2 
1 
1 
- 
- 
spermatheca 
18 
2 
1 
1 
- 
- 
Colony No. 
19 
4 
1 
3 
- 
- 
17-23 
20 
3 
1 
1 
l + 
- 
becoming polygynous 
21 
3 
1 
1 
- 
l 
+ c-$ without 
22 
3 
1 
1 
- 
l 
spermatheca 
23 
4 
1 
3 
+ C-9 without 
spermatheca 
Total 
64 
46 
14 
i 
3 
queens in single nests, especially in L. longispinosus. Moreover, b- 
and C-queens on average had no fewer ovarioles than A-queens. 
5. Workers 
All the queenless nests whose workers were dissected contained 
one or more egg-laying individuals (see Table 9). However, none of 
the fertile workers possessed a spermatheca. Thus, we presume that 
all their offspring are males. Workers invariably had only two ovari- 
oles (one per ovary); and these were never as long and never con- 
tained as many corpora lutea as the ovarioles of egg-laying A- and 
C-queens. Thus, the number of eggs produced by a fertile worker is 
probably much less than that produced by a queen. 
