territory by either gathering in a lek or going out in search of dispersed females. In polygyny relationships in animals, the female is the one who provides most of the parental care for the offspring. Polygyny in eusocial insects means that some insects living in colonies have not only one queen, but several queens. Solitary species of insects take part in this practice in order to maximize their reproductive success of the widely dispersed females, such as the bee species Anthidium maculosum. Insects such as red flour beetles use polygyny to reduce inbreeding depression and thus maximize reproductive success. There is primary polygyny (several queens join to found a new colony, but after the hatching of the first workers the queens fight each other until only one queen survives and the colony becomes monogynous) and secondary polygyny (a well-established colony continues to have several queens). See also Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam Concubinage Cuckold Cuckquean Legal status of polygamy Monogamy Mormonism and polygamy Plaçage Polyandry Polygamy Polygamy in Christianity Polygyny in Islam Polygyny threshold model Zephaniah Kingsley Notes Further reading Anthropology Mating systems Heterosexuality