ergatotype

Questions

What does ergatotype mean?

An additional type specimen chosen as a paratype to exemplify the worker caste in a hymenopteran taxon.

Where does ergatotype come from?

From Ancient Greek ἐργάτης (ergátēs, “worker”) + -type.

How to pronounce ergatotype

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