TY - JOUR AU - Seifert,Bernhard AU - Heller,Gerhard T1 - Carrying of a worker pupa by a singly-dispersing foundress of Acropyga paleartica MENOZZI, 1936 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) JF - Myrmecologische Nachrichten Y1 - 1999 PB - Österreichische Gesellschaft für Entomofaunistik SN - 1994-4136 SP - 63 EP - 65 VL - 3 KW - ants, independent colony foundation, Acropyga paleartica AB - An alate queen of Acropyga paleartica MENOZZI, 1936 was observed to carry a worker pupa during dispersal for independent colony foundation. The observed behaviour is suspected to represent a redirected activity in connection with the fixed behavioural mechanism of Acropyga to carry a coccoid larva during dispersal, mating, and nest foundation. ER -