An
ergatoid (from
Greek , "worker" + , "like") is a wingless reproductive adult
ant, anatomically intermediate in form between workers and winged
queens or males. The related term
ergatogyne, formerly often used interchangeably to refer to ergatoid queens (
gynes), denotes any intercaste female
morphologically intermediate between workers and winged queens, but is not restricted to the reproductive caste. Most intercastes cannot reproduce, while ergatoids are the reproductive caste in the colony.