Title
Nesting biologies and mature larvae of oxaeine bees (Apoidea, Andrenidae)
Title Variants
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]
Notes
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 diaĆ grammed, 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
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Bees
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Epeolini
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Insects
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Larvae
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Nests
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Oxaeinae
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Parasites
Call Number
QL1 .A436 no.3893 2018
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1206/3893.1
OCLC:
1023813785
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