of or relating to the society of certain animals in which workers provide for reproductive individuals, esp that of certain insects
There are about 500 species of gerrids in the world and, as far as I know, not asingle one of those 500 species is eusocial
eusocial in American English
(juːˈsouʃəl)
adjective
Animal Behavior
of or pertaining to a form of insect society, as that of ants, characterized by specialization of tasks and cooperative care of the young
Derived forms
eusociality (juːˌsouʃiˈælɪti)
noun
Word origin
[1970–75; eu- + social]This word is first recorded in the period 1970–75. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Heimlich maneuver, New Age, cornrow, relational database, stress testeu- is a combining form meaning “good,” “well,” occurring chiefly in words of Greek origin(eupepsia); in scientific coinages, esp. taxonomic names, it often has the sense “true, genuine”(eukaryote)
Examples of 'eusocial' in a sentence
eusocial
They are eusocial ants that build elaborate nests in the canopy in tropical areas.
Kadambari Devarajan 2016, 'The Antsy Social Network: Determinants of Nest Structure and Arrangement in AsianWeaver Ants.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4896424?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Organisation in eusocial insect colonies emerges from the decisions and actions of its individual members.
Lisa J. Evans, Nigel E. Raine 2014, 'Changes in Learning and Foraging Behaviour within Developing Bumble Bee (Bombus terrestris)Colonies', PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0090556. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Many functions have been attributed to this gland in eusocial bees, but none are convincing.
Fábio Camargo Abdalla 2006, 'Morphological, chemical and developmental aspects of the Dufour gland in some eusocialbees (Hymenoptera, Apidae): a review', Revista Brasileira de Entomologiahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085-56262006000200002. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Honey bees and bumble bees are eusocial central place foragers.
Danny F. Minahan, Johanne Brunet, Johanne Brunet 2018, 'Strong Interspecific Differences in Foraging Activity Observed Between Honey Beesand Bumble Bees Using Miniaturized Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)', Frontiers in Ecology and Evolutionhttps://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fevo.2018.00156/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Our observations suggest a primitively eusocial organization.
Aline Andrade-Silva, Fabio Nascimento 2012, 'Multifemale nests and social behavior in Euglossa melanotricha (Hymenoptera, Apidae,Euglossini)', Journal of Hymenoptera Researchhttp://jhr.pensoft.net/lib/ajax_srv/article_elements_srv.php?action=download_pdf&item_id=1598. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Differences in the timing of exoskeleton melanization and sclerotization are evident when comparing eusocial and solitary bees.
Tiago Falcon, Daniel G. Pinheiro, Maria Juliana Ferreira-Caliman, Izabel C. C. Turatti,Fabiano C. Pinto de Abreu, Juliana S. Galaschi-Teixeira, Juliana R. Martins, MoysésElias-Neto, Michelle P. M. Soares, Marcela B. Laure, Vera L. C. Figueiredo, NorbertoPeporine Lopes, Zilá L. P. Simões, Carlos A. Garófalo, Márcia M. G. Bitondi 2019, 'Exploring integument transcriptomes, cuticle ultrastructure, and cuticular hydrocarbonsprofiles in eusocial and solitary bee species displaying heterochronic adult cuticlematuration', PLOS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0213796. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Termites, eusocial insects inhabiting microbe-rich wood, live in closely-related family groups that are susceptible to shared pathogen infections.
Yuki Mitaka, Kazuya Kobayashi, Kenji Matsuura 2017, 'Caste-, sex-, and age-dependent expression of immune-related genes in a Japanese subterraneantermite, Reticulitermes speratus', PLOS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0175417. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In eusocial insects, one key aspect of their sociality, the division of labor, has received the most attention.
Ingram Krista K, Krummey Scott, LeRoux Michelle 2009, 'Expression patterns of a circadian clock gene are associated with age-related polyethismin harvester ants, Pogonomyrmex occidentalis', BMC Ecologyhttp://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6785/9/7. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
To test this hypothesis in a natural system, eusocial insects such as bees or ants are ideally suited.
Sebastian A Schneider, Charlotte Schrader, Anika E Wagner, Christine Boesch-Saadatmandi,Juergen Liebig, Gerald Rimbach, Thomas Roeder 2011, 'Stress resistance and longevity are not directly linked to levels of enzymatic antioxidantsin the ponerine ant Harpegnathos saltator.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3029284?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)