Halictine Social Evolution: The Australian Enigma
- 22 October 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 194 (4263), 445-448
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.194.4263.445
Abstract
Australian halictines belong to the primitive genus Lasioglossum or related subgenera. The underground nests have lined cells in series or clusters and sometimes at the end of laterals. Two full generations per year are produced in the communal nests. Overwintered and newly emerged females form unique "pseudosocieties" rather than matrifilial societies along Holarctic patterns. Several Chilalictus species produce a "male caste" of big-headed, flightless males, in addition to normal individuals. Oviposition of unfertilized eggs on large pollen balls causes such allometric bees.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
- Discovery of an apparent male soldier caste in a nest of a halictine bee (Hymenoptera : Halictidae), with notes on the nestAustralian Journal of Zoology, 1970
- Synergistic evolution of halictine nest architecture and social behaviorCanadian Journal of Zoology, 1969
- Brood Care in Halictine BeesScience, 1969