Reproductive status of dissected Mycocepurus queens.

(*) The state of ovary development was divided in three categories: 0 = not developed, 1 = developing but without fully developed eggs, 2 = well developed with mature eggs present. In nests of M. sp. nov. more than one queen was found in a single chamber. Among those queens some were reproductively active, while others were inseminated, but the ovaries were still developing. The presence of corpora lutea indicates if a female oviposited.