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NOTES ON THE BIOLOGY OF LASIOGLOSSUM (EVYLAEVS) COOLEYI (CRAWFORD), AN EUSOCIAL HALICTINE BEE (HYMENOPTERA: HALICTTDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Laurence Packer  and
Robin E. Owen
Laurence Packer
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4
Robin E. Owen
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4
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Abstract

A nesting aggregation of Lasioglossum (Evylaeus) cooleyi (Crawford) was studied on the campus of the University of British Columbia in July 1988. This species is primitively eusocial. There was a 7.3% size difference between queens and their workers; 40% of the latter had well-developed ovaries and 14% were mated. Thus, this species is one of the most primitively social members of its subgenus. The cells were not gathered together in a cluster or surrounded by a cavity. This species has a haploid chromosome number of 18, the largest number yet recorded for any Halictid bee.

Résumé

On a étudié une nichée grégaire de Lasioglossum (Evylaeus) cooleyi (Crawford) sur le campus de l’Université de Colombie-Britannique en juillet 1988. Cette espèce est primitivement eusociale. On a observé une différence de taille de 7,3% entre les reines et leur ouvrières; 40% de ces dernières avaient des ovaires bien formés et 14% étaient inséminées. Ainsi cette espèce est l’une des plus primitivement sociales de ce sous-genre. Les cellules n’étaient pas regroupées ensemble ou entourées d’une cavité. Cette espèce montre un nombre chromosomique haploïde de 18, soit le plus élevé enregistré chez une abeille halictide.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 121 , Issue 6 , June 1989 , pp. 431 - 438
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1989

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