Title
Immatures of rophitine bees, with notes on their nesting biology (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Halictidae)
Related Titles
Series:
American Museum novitates, no. 3609
By
Rozen, Jerome G. Jr. (Jerome George), 1928-
Özbek, Hikmet
Type
Book
Material
Published material
Publication info
New York, NY American Museum of Natural History c2008
Notes
Caption title.
Abstract also in Turkish.
"April 9, 2008."
[Engish abstract]. This study is a taxonomic overview of the known mature larvae and pupae of the Rophitinae (Halictidae). We either describe and illustrate the mature or nearly mature larvae of the following taxa or provide references to their earlier descriptions: Dufourea holocyanea (Cockerell), D. australis australis Michener, D. mulleri (Cockerell), D. novaeangliae (Robertson), Sphecodosoma (Sphecodosoma) dicksoni (Timberlake), Protodufourea eickworti Bohart and Griswold, Xeralictus timberlakei Cockerell, Systropha planidens Giraud, Rophites (Rhophitoides) canus Eversmann, R. (Rophites) algirus trispinosus PeÌrez, Conanthalictus (C.) conanthi (Cockerell), and C. (Phaceliapis) bakeri Crawford. We present a key to known mature rophitine larvae. We also describe pupae of the following taxa for the first time and compare them with the pupa of S. dicksoni: D. holocyanea, D. australis australis, and R. canus. The phylogenetic relations of the treated taxa are discussed in light of larval characters, and we discuss the pupal characteristics of the entire family. We offer notes on the nesting biology of various taxa whose immatures were treated and synthesize this information with previous accounts from the literature.
Subjects
Bees
,
Classification
,
Insects
,
Larvae
,
Nests
,
Rophitinae
Call Number
QL1 .A436 no.3609 2008
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1206/0003-0082(2008)3609[1:IORBWN]2.0.CO;2
OCLC:
222279653
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