Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
Bee — Taxobox name = Bees image width = 200px image caption = Honeybee ( Apis mellifera ) collecting pollen regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Hymenoptera subordo = Apocrita superfamilia = Apoidea unranked genus = Anthophila … Wikipedia
Eusociality — Insect queen redirects here. For the comics characters, see Insect Queen. A swarming Meat Eater ant colony. Eusociality (Greek eu: good/real + social ) is a term used for the highest level of social organization in a hierarchical classification.… … Wikipedia
Presociality — is a phenomenon in which animals exhibit more than just sexual interactions with members of the same species; however, they fall short of qualifying as eusocial. That is, presocial animals can display communal living, cooperative care of young,… … Wikipedia
Eusocialidad — Salida en enjambre de una colonia de hormigas. Hormiga de fuego ( … Wikipedia Español
queen — n. [A.S. cwen, wife] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) 1. A female member of the reproductive caste in semisocial and eusocial insects; may or may not differ morphologically from the workers. 2. In Formicidae, a fully developed reproductive female… … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
workers — n. pl. [A.S. worc, work] (ARTHROPODA) 1. An individual of the semisocial and eusocial Hymenoptera, nonreproductive, laboring caste. 2. In Isoptera, individuals which lack wings and possess reduced pterothorax, eyes and genital apparatus. 3. In… … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
ambrosia beetle — noun Etymology: ambrosia (fungus) : any of certain small semisocial beetles (family Ipidae or Scolytidae) that bore deeply in dead or dying wood and tend and cultivate ambrosia fungus on which they feed and raise their larvae … Useful english dictionary
