Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

222Maggenti and Gardnercolon n. [Gr. kolon, large intestine] (ARTHRO: Insecta) Thelarge intestine; that part of the hindgut between the ileumand the rectum.colonial organism An aggregate of cells all alike in structureand function.colonici (ARTHRO: Insecta) In Phylloxera, see radicola; inaphids, see alienicola.colony n. [L. colonia, farm] 1. A group of individuals of thesame species living in close association with each other. 2.(BRYO) A morphological and functional unit comprised ofone or more kinds of physically connected zooids, multizooidalparts and in certain colonies extrazooidal parts. 3.(ARTHRO: Insecta) In social insects, those groups of individualsthat construct nests or rear offspring in a cooperativemanner. see aggregation.colony control (BRYO) A process that influences changes ofthe functional and morphological aspects of zooids belongingto a colony from those of a solitary animal.colony fission (ARTHRO: Insecta) In social Hymenoptera, theestablishement of new colonies by the departure of one ormore reproductive forms plus groups of workers from theparental nest, in which comparable units remain to perpetuatethe parental colony; sometimes called hesmosis inants; sociotomy in termites. see swarming.colony odor (ARTHRO: Insecta) In social insects, the odorfound on the bodies of individuals belonging to a colony,that serves as an indicator to other members of the samespecies whether or not they are nestmates. see nest odor.color change in insects 1. Short term reversible physiologicalchanges that do not involve the production of new pigments.2. Morphological change is a long-term change resultingfrom formation of new pigments and not usually reversible.color (colour) of insects Color resulting from a variety ofstructures and pigments; when in combinations of pigments,results from abundance and position.colubrine a. [L. colubrinus, snakelike] Snakelike.colulus n.; pl. coluli [L. dim. colus, spindle] (ARTHRO: Cheli-