Question

Study of ants in a) Mycology b) Myrmecology c) Malacology d) Myology

Answer 1

Hint: Studying of organisms is one of the fundamental properties of biology. Carrying out studies of different organisms helps us to get an idea about their structure, function, growth, distribution and many other features of the organism. Different names have been assigned to the study of different organisms for making the identification process easier.

Complete answer: Ants are common insects that belong to the family of Formicidae along with bees and wasps. They belong to the phylum Arthropoda. They range in size from 0.75 to 52 millimetres and more than twelve thousand species are currently discovered .They are known to form colonies where the number of organisms ranges from a few dozens to a few millions. Like bees they also have many fertile males called drones and mostly one fertile female called queen. They can colonize practically any landmass available to them and show highly specific division of labour and communication among themselves. Many ants are important as they are a part of cuisine, medication and also pest control. Thus doing a separate study on these organisms was important. The study of ants is known as Myrmecology. It gives us an insight about the various ecosystems that ants are found in, the types of ants that have been discovered yet and their distribution, the duties of queen and the workers in the population, a detailed description of their structure and their eating habits.

So the correct answer is b) Myrmecology.

Note:
Ants are thus important members of our ecosystem and Myrmecology helps us gain an insight on not only their structure and function but also their lifestyle which are proving to be helpful to us in many ways.