[2] Parthenogenesis is a natural form of reproduction in which growth and development of embryos occur without fertilization.

Thelytoky is a particular form of parthenogenesis in which the development of a female individual occurs from an unfertilized egg.

The kind of automixis relevant here is one in which two haploid products from the same meiosis combine to form a diploid zygote.

Queen ants use this process to produce female reproductive progeny (gynes), thus increasing the transmission of their own genes through the germline lineage.

In C. cursor colonies with a single queen, 96.4% of daughter queens arise from thelytokous parthenogenetic eggs, while 97.9% of daughter workers arise from fertilized eggs.