Glossary of ant terms
This is a glossary of terms used in the descriptions of ants. == A == alatewinged reproductive male or female ant == B == Berlese funnelsee also Winkler extraction device used to extract ants and other living organism from soil and leaf-litter samples; a sample is placed on a screen with a funnel beneath, and a heat source above; the drying forces the animals downwards, where they fall into a collecting jar, usually filled with alcohol bivouacin army and driver ants, nest formed by the bodies of the ants themselves to protect the queen and larvae == D == dulosissee slave-making dichthadiiformwingless queen with enlarged gaster, having a broadened head, very small eyes and worker-like alitrunk domatiumsee also myrmecodomatium in plants, tiny chamber produced by plants to house arthropods == E == epigaeicsee also hypogaeic living or foraging above the ground ergatea member of the non-reproductive, laboring caste.