{"title":"Red imported fire ant Solenopsis invicta buren workers do not have ovaries","authors":"","doi":"10.1007/s00040-024-00951-w","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Abstract</h3> <p>Workers of the red imported fire ant <em>Solenopsis invicta</em> are repeatedly claimed in the literature not to have ovaries. Here, we demonstrate that we cannot find a source publication that proves the statement, and we show how publications are erroneously citing this statement. To remedy this gap, we dissected 87 <em>S. invicta</em> workers over a range of worker sizes, and demonstrate that <em>S. invicta</em> workers do not have reproductive organs. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time such a demonstration has been published in the scientific literature. We flag that the same issue of a lack of published evidence for the same statement likely exists for many other species and genera, precluding the ability for appropriate referencing of such details.</p>","PeriodicalId":13573,"journal":{"name":"Insectes Sociaux","volume":"31 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4000,"publicationDate":"2024-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Insectes Sociaux","FirstCategoryId":"97","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00040-024-00951-w","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"ENTOMOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Workers of the red imported fire ant Solenopsis invicta are repeatedly claimed in the literature not to have ovaries. Here, we demonstrate that we cannot find a source publication that proves the statement, and we show how publications are erroneously citing this statement. To remedy this gap, we dissected 87 S. invicta workers over a range of worker sizes, and demonstrate that S. invicta workers do not have reproductive organs. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time such a demonstration has been published in the scientific literature. We flag that the same issue of a lack of published evidence for the same statement likely exists for many other species and genera, precluding the ability for appropriate referencing of such details.
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Insectes Sociaux (IS) is the journal of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects (IUSSI). It covers the various aspects of the biology and evolution of social insects and other presocial arthropods; these include ecology, ethology, morphology, population genetics, reproduction, communication, sociobiology, caste differentiation and social parasitism. The journal publishes original research papers and reviews, as well as short communications. An international editorial board of eminent specialists attests to the high quality of Insectes Sociaux, a forum for all scientists and readers interested in the study of social insects.
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