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Researchers discovered that Iberian harvester ant queens can produce two different species of ants from a single queen through a unique reproductive strategy involving cloning and hybridization, revealing a new mode of reproduction called xenoparity and providing insights into ant evolution and cloning mechanisms.
Iberian harvester ant queens exhibit a unique reproductive strategy by cloning males of another species, Messor structor, to produce hybrid workers, challenging traditional notions of species boundaries and revealing a novel form of reproduction called 'xenoparous'.
Queen ants of the species Messor ibericus can produce both their own offspring and hybrid offspring of a different species, Messor structor, through a reproductive process called xenoparous, revealing a unique and surprising aspect of evolutionary biology in social insects.