Nesting biologies and mature larvae of oxaeine bees (Apoidea, Andrenidae)

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Alternative: Nesting biologies of oxaeine bees

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Series: American Museum novitates, number 3893

By

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

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, NY, American Museum of Natural History, [2018]

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Caption title.

"February 22, 2018."

"Appendix: Postdefecating larva of the cleptoparasitic bees Thalestria spinosa (Fabricius) and Triepeolus kathrynae Rozen (Apidae, Nomadinae, Epeolini)": pages 28-31.

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This study encompasses a number of field encounters by the author and others with nests of representatives of three of the four genera of the little-known New World andrenid subfamily Oxaeinae. Species treated include Protoxaea gloriosa Fox, Oxaea flavescens Klug, O. austera Gerstaecker, and Mesoxaea nigerrima (Friese), leaving the nesting biology of only the monotypic genus Notoxaea completely unknown. Nests, all subterranean, are described and diaƠgrammed, and each is reported to consist of a moderately to very deep main burrow with vertical cells occurring at the lower end attached to the main burrow by subhorizontal lateral tunnels, each of which is closed immediately after egg deposition. To the extent known, eggs, mature larvae, and pupae are described. Two known cleptoparasites of the subfamily are reported: Triepeolus kathrynae Rozen, hosted by P. gloriosa, and Thalestria spinosa (Fabricius) (= T. smaragdina Smith), which attacks nests of both O. flavescens and O. austera. The mature larvae of these cleptoparasitic Nomadinae are described and illustrated as an appendix.

Subjects

America , Andrenidae , Bees , Epeolini , Insects , Larvae , Nests , Oxaeinae , Parasites

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.3893 2018

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1206/3893.1
OCLC: 1023813785