Repeated evolution of soldier sub-castes suggests parasitism drives social complexity in stingless bees

Although common in ants and termites, worker differentiation into physical castes is rare in social bees and unknown in wasps. Here, Grüter and colleagues find a guard caste in ten species of stingless bees and show that the evolution of the guard caste is associated with parasitization by robber be...

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Autores principales: Christoph Grüter, Francisca H. I. D. Segers, Cristiano Menezes, Ayrton Vollet-Neto, Tiago Falcón, Lucas von Zuben, Márcia M. G. Bitondi, Fabio S. Nascimento, Eduardo A. B. Almeida
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:91ad03c7847246bfaef692e9a245095d2021-12-02T13:23:47ZRepeated evolution of soldier sub-castes suggests parasitism drives social complexity in stingless bees10.1038/s41467-016-0012-y2041-1723https://doaj.org/article/91ad03c7847246bfaef692e9a245095d2017-02-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-016-0012-yhttps://doaj.org/toc/2041-1723Although common in ants and termites, worker differentiation into physical castes is rare in social bees and unknown in wasps. Here, Grüter and colleagues find a guard caste in ten species of stingless bees and show that the evolution of the guard caste is associated with parasitization by robber bees.Christoph GrüterFrancisca H. I. D. SegersCristiano MenezesAyrton Vollet-NetoTiago FalcónLucas von ZubenMárcia M. G. BitondiFabio S. NascimentoEduardo A. B. AlmeidaNature PortfolioarticleScienceQENNature Communications, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2017)
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Christoph Grüter
Francisca H. I. D. Segers
Cristiano Menezes
Ayrton Vollet-Neto
Tiago Falcón
Lucas von Zuben
Márcia M. G. Bitondi
Fabio S. Nascimento
Eduardo A. B. Almeida
Repeated evolution of soldier sub-castes suggests parasitism drives social complexity in stingless bees
description Although common in ants and termites, worker differentiation into physical castes is rare in social bees and unknown in wasps. Here, Grüter and colleagues find a guard caste in ten species of stingless bees and show that the evolution of the guard caste is associated with parasitization by robber bees.
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author Christoph Grüter
Francisca H. I. D. Segers
Cristiano Menezes
Ayrton Vollet-Neto
Tiago Falcón
Lucas von Zuben
Márcia M. G. Bitondi
Fabio S. Nascimento
Eduardo A. B. Almeida
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Francisca H. I. D. Segers
Cristiano Menezes
Ayrton Vollet-Neto
Tiago Falcón
Lucas von Zuben
Márcia M. G. Bitondi
Fabio S. Nascimento
Eduardo A. B. Almeida
author_sort Christoph Grüter
title Repeated evolution of soldier sub-castes suggests parasitism drives social complexity in stingless bees
title_short Repeated evolution of soldier sub-castes suggests parasitism drives social complexity in stingless bees
title_full Repeated evolution of soldier sub-castes suggests parasitism drives social complexity in stingless bees
title_fullStr Repeated evolution of soldier sub-castes suggests parasitism drives social complexity in stingless bees
title_full_unstemmed Repeated evolution of soldier sub-castes suggests parasitism drives social complexity in stingless bees
title_sort repeated evolution of soldier sub-castes suggests parasitism drives social complexity in stingless bees
publisher Nature Portfolio
publishDate 2017
url https://doaj.org/article/91ad03c7847246bfaef692e9a245095d
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