INTRASPECIFIC AND INTERSPECIFIC NESTMATE RECOGNITION IN MELIPONA WORKERS (HYMENOPTERA, APIDAE)

被引：29

作者：

BREED, MD

PAGE, RE

机构：

[1] Department of Environmental, Population, and Organismic Biology, The University of Colorado, Boulder, 80309-0334, Colorado

[2] Department of Entomology, University of California, Davis, 95616, California

来源：

JOURNAL OF INSECT BEHAVIOR | 1991年 / 4卷 / 04期

关键词：

STINGLESS BEES; MELIPONA; NESTMATE RECOGNITION; APIS-MELLIFERA;

D O I：

10.1007/BF01049331

中图分类号：

Q96 [昆虫学];

学科分类号：

摘要：

The possible significance of nestmate recognition in prevention of robbing and parasitism in three species of stingless bees was assessed. Nestmate discrimination abilities vary among them; Melipona quadrifasciata workers attacked 74% of nonnestmate conspecifics that were encountered, while M. scutellaris and M. rufiventris were less discriminating, attacking only 14 and 60% of nonnestmates, respectively. In tests of interspecific interactions, M. quadrifasciata and M. scutellaris were the least mutually tolerant of all species pairs tested. Tests with Apis mellifera showed a high degree of intolerance by two of the three Melipona species.

引用

页码：463 / 469

页数：7

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