Bumble Bees (Apidae: Bombus) Through the Ages: Historical Biogeography and the Evolution of Color Diversity

In the final chapter, I add the rare obligate social parasite Bombus inexspectatus to the phylogeny to assess the evolution of social parasitism. B. inexspectatus is not the sister taxon to its host B. ruderarius, but a close relative, and therefore adheres to the loose version of Emery's rule.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Entomology

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Hines, Heather M.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Sydney A. Cameron

• Biology, Entomology

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI3337790

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/86464