Citations:pseudogyny

biology

 * Century defines pseudogyny as "the condition of being a pseudogyne", which it defines as "a curious caste of form of ant occurring in the colonies of certain species, [...] in which is combined the thorax of a female with the abdomen of a worker."


 * 1903, Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society, page 172:
 * Pseudogyny in Formica, and its Cause. — E. Wasmann returns with fresh light to a discussion of “pseudogyny” in Formica sanguinea,
 * 1903, Nature, volume 67, page 508:
 * In a profoundly interesting paper, E. Wasmann shows that the habit of rearing larvae of of Lomechusids (especially of Lomechusa strumosa) is responsible for bringing about that strange phenomenon of inhibited female development (the thorax of a female combined with the abdomen and size of a worker) called pseudogyny.