Evidence of social nesting in the Ceratina of Borneo (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 194-209

  Rehan, Sandra M ^a   Richards, Miriam H ^a   Schwarz, Michael P ^b  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Borneo; Ceratinidia; Ceratinini; Maternal care; Maternal longevity; Neoceratina; Nest protection; Pithitis; Small carpenter bees; Social polymorphism

Indexed keywords

BEE; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FIELDWORK; LIFE HISTORY; LONGEVITY; MATERNAL CARE; NESTING; POLYMORPHISM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TAXONOMY;

BORNEO;

ALLODAPINI; APIDAE; APOIDEA; CERATINA DENTIPES; CERATINIDIA; CERATININI; HYMENOPTERA; NEOCERATINA; PITHITIS; UNCLASSIFIED CERATINA; XYLOCOPINAE;

EID: 76449113408     PISSN: 00228567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2317/JKES809.22.1     Document Type: Article

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