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Eusociality (Gr**** εὖ eu "good" and social) is the
highest level of
organization of sociality. It is
defined by the
following characteristics: cooperative...
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Eusociality evolved repeatedly in
different orders of animals,
notably termites and the
Hymenoptera (the wasps, bees, and ants). This 'true sociality'...
- The
highest degree of
sociality recognized by
sociobiologists is
eusociality. A
eusocial taxon is one that
exhibits overlapping adult generations, reproductive...
- nine)
evolutions of
eusociality within Hymenoptera.
Haplodiploidy is
neither necessary nor
sufficient for
eusociality. Some
eusocial species such as termites...
- diverse,
cosmopolitan family of wasps,
including nearly all the
known eusocial wasps (such as
Polistes fuscatus,
Vespa orientalis, and Ves**** germanica)...
- tend to be
larger than the males. They are the
group for
which the term '
eusocial' was
first coined by entomologist,
Suzanne Batra. Most
halictids nest in...
- insects.
Social insects, such as termites, ants and many bees and wasps, are
eusocial. They live
together in such
large well-organized
colonies of genetically...
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Meliponini and
Apini tribes are
considered higher eusocial,
while Bombini is
considered to be
primitively eusocial. The
phylogenetic relationships among the four...
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Hornets (insects in the
genus Vespa) are the
largest of the
eusocial wasps, and are
similar in
appearance to yellowjackets,
their close relatives. Some...
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definition of
eusociality".
Behavioral Ecology. 6 (1): 109–115. doi:10.1093/beheco/6.1.109. Kent, D. S. & Simpson, J. A. (1992). "
Eusociality in the beetle...
