subcastes

subcastes
n. pl. [L. sub, under; castus, pure]
(ARTHROPODA: Insecta)
In Hymenoptera, the various forms of mature Formicidae of a caste; see major worker, media worker, minor worker.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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