THE NUMBERS. “Among the 50,000 to 60,000 known aculeates, at least 7 independent lines have reached the eusocial condition. In contrast, of the more than 70,000 parasitoid and other apocritan hymenopteran species, whose females travel from prey to prey to lay their eggs, none is known to be eusocial, nor is any one of the hugely diverse 5000 described species of sawflies and horntails. Larvae of some sawfly species form aggregations, but not eusocial colonies, and the adults lead solitary lives.”
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022