It also occurs in the Cape honey bee " Apis mellifera capensis ".
Thelytoky occurs in the Cape bee, " Apis mellifera capensis ", and has been found in other strains at very low frequency.
It is native to central and southern Africa, though at the southern extreme it is replaced by the Cape honey bee ( " Apis mellifera capensis " ).
Species that display central fusion with reduced recombination include the ants " Platythyrea punctata " and " Wasmannia auropunctata " and the honey bee " Apis mellifera capensis ".
For an example of subspecific variation, consider the so-called " Apis mellifera capensis "; both of them are in the same cosmopolitan species " Apis mellifera ", but their ranges barely overlap.
These include a honey bee subspecies from South Africa, " Apis mellifera capensis ", where workers are capable of producing diploid eggs parthenogenetically, and replacing the queen if she dies; other examples include some species of small carpenter bee, ( genus " Ceratina " ).
This form of automixis has been observed in several ant species including the desert ant " Cataglyphis cursor ", the predaceous ant " Platythyrea punctata ", Automixis with central fusion also occurs in the Cape honey bee " Apis mellifera capensis ", the brine shrimp " Artemia parthenogenetica ", and the termite " Embiratermes neotenicus ".