Sociality in a Malagasy allodapine bee, Macrogalea antanosy, and the impacts of the facultative social parasite, Macrogalea maizina

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 101-107

  Smith, J A ^a   Schwarz, M P ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allodapini; Facultative social parasitism; Madagascar

Indexed keywords

BEE; SOCIAL INSECT; SOCIAL PARASITISM;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

ALLODAPINI; APOIDEA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MACROGALEA;

EID: 33644544733     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-005-0842-9     Document Type: Article

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