Spatio-temporal variation of colony structure and eusociality level of the Japanese sweat bee<Emphasis Type="Italic"> Lasioglossum</Emphasis> (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Evylaeus</Emphasis>)<Emphasis Type="Italic"> duplex</Emphasis> (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) |
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Authors: | Email author" target="_blank">Masanori?HirataEmail author Adam?L?Cronin Midori?Kidokoro Noriko?Azuma |
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Institution: | (1) Graduate School of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan;(2) Present address: Department of Biology, University College London, Wolfson House, 4 Stephenson Way, London, NW1 2HE, UK |
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Abstract: | Colony structure and eusociality level of the sweat bee Lasioglossum (Evylaeus) duplex were studied in 2001 in Sapporo and Assabu, Hokkaido, northern Japan. Sakagami and his colleagues had also studied this species in Sapporo in 1957–1968. Brood size, sex ratio and queen–worker size dimorphism were geographically and temporally variable, indicating spatio-temporal variation at the eusociality level. Inseminated workers constituted only 7.9% of the populations in 1957–1968 Sapporo but about 60% in 2001 in Sapporo and Assabu. A few of the inseminated workers were believed to leave natal nests for independent colony founding. Thus, partial bivoltinism is likely in this sweat bee species. The presence of workers with developed ovaries and/or corpora lutea suggests the occurrence of worker oviposition. |
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Keywords: | Colony structure Eusociality Halictidae Lasioglossum Worker fecundity |
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