Nesting biology of the solitary bee Epicharis albofasciata (Apoidea, Apidae, Centridini)

Title Variants

Alternative: Solitary bee Epicharis albofasciata

Related Titles

Series: American Museum novitates, no. 3869

By

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

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

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

Notes

Caption title.

"December 5, 2016."

This paper describes the extensive nesting site and the nesting behavior of a large population of the solitary, ground-nesting bee Epicharis (Epicharoides) albofasciata Smith, found in Trinidad in association with its cleptoparasite Mesoplia (Mesoplia) rufipes (Perty). In addition to describing nests and their cells, it provides information about provisioning, egg deposition, and larval eclosion.

Subjects

Bees , Behavior , Epicharis albofasciata , Insects , Mesoplia rufipes , Nests , Parasites , Trinidad , Trinidad and Tobago

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.3869 2016

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1206/3869.1
OCLC: 965197840