Body size shapes caste expression, and cleptoparasitism reduces body size in the facultatively eusocial bees Megalopta (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 394-406

  Smith, Adam R ^a,b   Wcislo, William T ^b   O'Donnell, Sean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Body size; Caste differentiation; Facultative eusociality; Parasitism; Reproductive altruism

Indexed keywords

APOIDEA; CHLOROPIDAE; HALICTIDAE; HALICTINAE; HYMENOPTERA; MEGALOPTA; MEGALOPTA ECUADORIA; MEGALOPTA GENALIS; TACHINIDAE;

EID: 49349113898     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10905-008-9136-1     Document Type: Article

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