Group nesting and individual variation in behavior and physiology in the orchid bee Euglossa nigropilosa Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae)

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 320-328

  Otero, J T ^a,b   Ulloa Chacon P ^a   Silverstone Sopkin, P ^a   Giray, T ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Colombia; Euglossini; Evolution of eusociality; La Planada Natural Reserve; Nesting behavior

Indexed keywords

BEE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BROOD PARASITISM; EUSOCIALITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NATURAL ENEMY; NESTING; OVIPOSITION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

COLOMBIA; COLUMBIA [MISSOURI]; LA PLANADA NATURE RESERVE; MISSOURI; NARINO; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

APIDAE; APINAE; APOIDEA; EUGLOSSA; EUGLOSSINI; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 51349155507     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: 14209098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-008-1009-2     Document Type: Article

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