【摘要】 木文报道研究林地囟土白蚁Odontotcrmcs fontanellus Kemner 蚁后体形与巢内群体发育和数量关系的结果。幼年蚁群与成熟蚁群蚁后体长（X）与蚁后体积（Y_V）之间成幂函数关系:Y_v=3.5250×10^-4,蚁后体长与兵蚁、工蚁、幼蚁和整巢蚁群总数之间也成幂函数关系。蚁后体长（X）与蚁群总数的关系是:Y_t=0.02491X^4.2628,蚁后体长（X）与蚁巢深度（Y_d）之间的关系是:Y_d=0.50009X^1.325,蚁后体长（X）与蚁巢体积（Y_n）的关系是:Y_n=0.00098X^4.5611,在一般情况下,根据蚁后体长大小就可预测蚁群量的多少及蚁巢深浅、巢积大小以及蚁路远近,可给治理林地及水库堤坝白蚁的危害提供有用的数据。更多还原

【Abstract】 The termite Odontotermes fontanellus Kemner is a subterranean species injurious to many kinds of trees and damaging dikes of reservoirs. From 1977 to 1978 and in 1982 about thirty nests were dug out in southern Anhui Province. They were dissected and analyzed for the purpose to investigate the mode of colony development. The body length and size of the queens were measured, the position and size of the nests were recorded and the termites in each colony were counted. It is found that the body length (X) of the queens in young and old colonies is correlated with their body volumes (Yv), as in: Yv=3.5250 ×10 -4X2.2450. The body size of the queen is correlated with the numbers of soldiers, workers and immature individuals. The relation between the body length of the queen and the total number of termites (Yt) in the colony may be expressed as Yt=0.02491 X4.2628. The underground depth and size of the nests are also correlated with the body size of the queen: the relation between body length and the depth (Yd) of the nest is in: Yd = 0.50009 X1.325 and that between the body length and the size ’of the nest (Yn) is in: Yn=0.00098X4.5611. Therefore the body size of the queen is a good indication of the size and development of the colony.更多还原