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ergate Ent.|ˈɜːgeɪt|
Also in mod.L. form ergates |ˈɜːgətiːz|.
[ad. Gr. ἐργάτης workman.]
The worker ant.
1901W. M. Wheeler in Amer. Nat. XXXV. 877 (title) The parasitic Origin of Macroërgates among Ants. 1910― Ants 97 The worker (ergates) is characterized by the complete absence of wings.
So ergaˈtandromorph [Gr. ἀνήρ, ἀνδρός man, -µορϕος -form], an ant that combines worker and male characters; ˈergataˌner |-ɪə(r)| [Gr. ἀνήρ man], a male ant resembling a worker; ˈergatoˌgyne [Gr. γυνή woman], a worker-like ant with female characters; ˈergatoid n., a wingless sexually competent ant, as an ergatogyne; also as adj.; ˌergatoˈmorphic a., worker-like; ˌergatoˈtelic a. (see quot.).
1899Cambr. Nat. Hist. VI. 140 The adult, sexually capable, though wingless forms, are called ergatoid, because they are similar to workers. 1901Amer. Nat. XXXV. 885 The fusca workers attempt to change worker larvæ of Polyergus into queens but succeed only in producing the wingless ergatoids. 1910W. M. Wheeler Ants vi. 94 The ergatanēr, ergatomorphic, or ergatoid male resembles the worker in having no wings and in the structure of the antennæ. Ibid. 96 The ergatogyne, ergatomorphic, or ergatoid female, is a worker-like form, with ocelli, large eyes, and a thorax more or less like that of the female, but without wings. Ibid. 99 The ergatandromorph..is an anomaly similar to the [gynandromorph] but having worker instead of female characters combined with those of the male. Ibid. vii. 120 In these [sc. honey-bees] only the secondary instincts are manifested in the queen, while the worker retains the primary series in full vigor and thus more clearly represents the ancestral female of the species. This type may therefore be called ergatotelic. 1915H. St. J. K. Donisthorpe Brit. Ants 114 Wasmann records a mixed ergatandromorph with only the colour of the head like that of the worker. 1927Glasgow Herald 16 July 4 The ergatoids can reproduce ergatoids, besides workers and soldiers. 1970Brown & Taylor in Insects of Australia (C.S.I.R.O.) xxxvii. 952/2 Various wingless intermediates between queens and workers occur in some species. These are the ergatogynes (ergatoids). |