Matriarchal hive species

Some sort of insect-like model of sex/gender, often including two or more of the following elements:

• a matriarchy or female leadership;
• disempowered or non-existent males;
• clones or parthenogenetically produced class;
• female or neuter class of workers or warriors.

• Borg Queen in Star Trek: The Next Generation
• hive-like matriarchies a la Frank Herbert's Hellstrom's Hive
• hive queen etc. in Ender's Game
• the planetary consciousness in Daughters of an Emerald Dusk
• Poul Anderson's Virgin Planet
• Elfen Lied - The Diclonii can infect humans with a virus that leads to human offspring actually being female Diclonii drones. The Diclonius queen can reproduce sexually.

see also Sentient Planets

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