Larval diversity in the bee genus Megachile (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Megachilidae)

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Series: American Museum novitates, no. 3863

By

Rozen, Jerome G. Jr. (Jerome George), 1928- , author

Ascher, John S. , author
Kamel, Soliman M. , author
Mohamed, Kariman M. , author

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Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, NY, American Museum of Natural History, [2016]

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Mature larvae of five species representing each of the three principal groups within the genus Megachile sensu lato (i.e., including Creightonella and Chalicodoma, which are often recognized at generic rank) are described and are revealed to be quite similar to one another. On the basis of their descriptions a larval description of the genus is formulated. This, in turn, is compared with and found quite similar to a previously published Preliminary description of mature larvae of the Megachilini based on study of larval representatives of the three genera in the tribe: Megachile, all species of which are pollen-collecting, and Coelioxys and Radoszkowskiana, both of which are cleptoparasitic, usually with Megachile hosts.

Subjects

Bees , Classification , Insects , Larvae , Megachile , Variation , Variation (Biology)

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.3863 2016

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1206/3863.1
OCLC: 959235199