sociotomy

zoology
Also known as: social fragmentation

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colony formation in termites

  • Life cycle of the termite.
    In termite: Other colonizing methods

    …method of colony formation is sociotomy, or social fragmentation. In this situation, workers, soldiers, and nymphs migrate to a new nesting site, and this fragment of the original colony develops supplementary reproductives. Sometimes an original reproductive pair joins a migrating group.

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