In that case the article refers to the ant birthing members of another species, the word 'clone' is a bit weird here, but it is totally different from humands cloning cows, as the cloned cow is still birthed by a cow. The other species 'cloned' by the and is not a cloned individual, just another member of that species, but birthed by another, i suppose "researchers discover xenoparity in hairy ants" isn't very good science communication
The males of the other species birthed by the queen are genetic clones of the male that impreganted the queen, the DNA in the eggs is not a mix of the queen's DNA and the father's DNA, it's an exact copy (minus any mutations) of the father's DNA. So yes, it is exactly a clone, and not a regular new individual.