Evolving perspectives in Hymenoptera systematics: Bridging fossils and genomes across time

YM Zhang, S Bossert, T Spasojevic - Systematic Entomology, 2025‏ - Wiley Online Library
The recent advances in sequencing technologies, phylogenomics and divergence dating
methods call for an integrative review of the current state of Hymenoptera systematics. We …

Evolutionary origins and patterns of diversification in animal brood parasitism

TJL Sless, BN Danforth, JB Searle - The American Naturalist, 2023‏ - journals.uchicago.edu
Brood parasitism involves the exploitation of host parental care rather than the extraction of
resources directly from hosts. We identify defining characteristics of this strategy and …

UCE phylogenomics, biogeography, and classification of long-horned bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Eucerini), with insights on using specimens with extremely …

FV Freitas, MG Branstetter… - Insect Systematics …, 2023‏ - academic.oup.com
Abstract Long-horned bees (Apidae, Eucerini) are found in different biomes worldwide and
include some important crop pollinators. In the Western Hemisphere, Eucerini received …

[HTML][HTML] A supermatrix phylogeny of the world's bees (Hymenoptera: Anthophila)

P Henríquez-Piskulich, AF Hugall… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
The increasing availability of large molecular phylogenies has provided new opportunities to
study the evolution of species traits, their origins and diversification, and biogeography; yet …

A phylogenomic monograph of West-Palearctic Nomada (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

J Straka, D Benda, J Policarová… - Insect Systematics …, 2024‏ - academic.oup.com
We reconstruct the phylogeny of the most speciose genus of cuckoo bees, genus Nomada
Scopoli, 1770, using 221 species from throughout its distribution, yet with a strong emphasis …

[HTML][HTML] Phylogenomics and biogeography of the small carpenter bees (Apidae: Xylocopinae: Ceratina)

TJL Sless, MG Branstetter, M Mikát, KA Odanaka… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Small carpenter bees in the genus Ceratina are behaviourally diverse, species-rich, and
cosmopolitan, with over 370 species and a range including all continents except Antarctica …

Phylogenomic interrogation revives an overlooked hypothesis for the early evolution of the bee family Apidae (Hymenoptera: Apoidea), with a focus on the subfamily …

MC Orr, MG Branstetter, J Straka, F Yuan… - Insect Systematics …, 2022‏ - academic.oup.com
Despite recent advances in phylogenomics, the early evolution of the largest bee family,
Apidae, remains uncertain, hindering efforts to understand the history of Apidae and …

Harrison's rule corroborated for the body size of cleptoparasitic cuckoo bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Nomadinae) and their hosts

K Lim, S Lee, M Orr, S Lee - Scientific reports, 2022‏ - nature.com
Harrison's rule, that body size is positively correlated between parasites and hosts, has been
reported in a range of taxa, but whether the rule is applicable to cleptoparasitic insects is …

Phylogenomics and historical biogeography of the cleptoparasitic bee genus Nomada (Hymenoptera: Apidae) using ultraconserved elements

KA Odanaka, MG Branstetter, KB Tobin… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The genus Nomada Scopoli (Hymenoptera: Apidae) is the largest genus of brood
parasitic bees with nearly 800 species found across the globe and in nearly all …

Phylogeny of the carpenter bees (Apidae: Xylocopinae) highlights repeated evolution of sociality

T Sless, S Rehan - Biology Letters, 2023‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Many groups of animals have evolved social behaviours in different forms, from intimate
familial associations to the complex eusocial colonies of some insects. The subfamily …