Gynandromorph records of Melissodes trinodis and Melissodes communis (Hymenoptera, Apidae) from North Dakota, USA

By

Campbell, Joshua
Pei, Ck
Wright, Karen

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2024

Original Publication

Journal of Hymenoptera research

Volume

97

Pages

505--511

Subjects

Apoidea , Eucerini , gynandromorph , Morphology

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Washington, D.C International Society of Hymenopterists

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.97.123968

 

Abstract

Bees that express both male and female characteristics are known as gynandromorphs. Here we report and describe two specimens that represent the first documented gynandromorphs of Melissodes trinodis Robertson and one specimen of Melissodes communis Cresson (Hymenoptera: Apidae) that represents only the second known case. All three specimens were collected in North Dakota, USA and exhibit a mosaic pattern of gynandromorphy.