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(ARTHROPODA: Insecta)In social Hymenoptera, the foundation of colonies through swarming; see primary pleometrosis.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
permanent pleometrosis
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pleometrosis — n. [Gr. pleion, more; metros, mother] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) A colony containing two or more fertilized egglaying females (queens); social colony foundation; monometrosis; polygyny; pleometrotic a; see primarypleometrosis, periodical pleometrosis … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
temporary pleometrosis — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) In social insects, a colony in which two or more females share a nest that was founded by a single female; non founding females do not cooperate in nest development, and later disperse and found individual colonies; see… … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
