The Unusual Neotenic System of the Asian Dry Wood Termite, Neotermes koshunensis (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae)
The Unusual Neotenic System of the Asian Dry Wood Termite, Neotermes koshunensis (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae)
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亚洲干木白蚁 Neotermes koshunensis 的异常幼态系统（等翅目：Kalotermitidae）
DOI：
10.13102/sociobiology.v60i1.65-68
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发表时间：
2013
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影响因子：
0.9
通讯作者：
K. Tsuji
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作者：
Y. Miyaguni;K. Sugio;K. Tsuji
在大多数低等白蚁中，在初级生殖动物之后，群体由两性的幼态生殖动物领导（即，国王和王后都不见了。幼态有性生殖的产生受到同性的初级生殖的抑制。我们发现了一个例外的等级制度的干木白蚁Neotermes koshunensis（Kalotermitidae）。幼态种姓完全是男性。此外，雄性幼态持续期的产生不仅被国王的存在完全抑制，而且被女王的存在完全抑制。因此，N. koshunensis殖民地恢复他们的生殖对。
In most lower termites, colonies are headed by neotenic reproductives of both sexes after the primary reproductives (i.e., the queen and king) are lost. The production of a neotenic sexual is inhibited by the presence of a primary reproductive of the same sex. We found an exception in the caste system of the dry wood termite Neotermes koshunensis (Kalotermitidae). The neotenic caste is exclusively male. Moreover, production of male neotenics is completely inhibited not only by the presence of a king but also by the presence of a queen. Therefore, it is likely to be difficult for N. koshunensis colonies to recover their reproductive pairs.