Title
Investigations on the biologies and immature stages of the cleptoparasitic bee genera Radoszkowskiana and Coelioxys and their Megachile hosts (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Megachilidae, Megachilini)
Title Variants
Alternative:
Investigations of cleptoparasitic bees
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Series:
American Museum novitates, no. 3573
By
Rozen, Jerome G. Jr. (Jerome George), 1928-
Kamel, Soliman M.
Type
Book
Material
Published material
Publication info
New York, NY American Museum of Natural History c2007
Notes
Caption title.
"June 28, 2007."
We describe for the first time the biology and immature stages (egg, mature larva, and pupa) of the cleptoparasitic bee Radoszkowskiana rufiventris (Spinola) based on fieldwork in Egypt over a 2-year period. The biological information includes egg deposition and hatching, developmental rates, method of killing the host immature, larval feeding, larval defecation, cocoon spinning, and voltinism. We also describe the immature stages and some aspects of the biology of the following: (1) Megachile (Pseudomegachile) nigripes (Spinola), the host of R. rufiventris; (2) Coelioxys (Liothyrapis) decipiens Spinola, another cleptoparasite of M. nigripes; and (3) C. (Allocoelioxys) coturnix Pérez, which attacks the nests of M. (Eutricharaea) minutissima Radoszkowski from the same geographic region. On the basis of the information gained from this study and from a review of pertinent literature, we consider whether Radoszkowskiana and Coelioxys shared a common cleptoparasitic ancestor or whether cleptoparasitism evolved independently in each.
Subjects
Bees
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Behavior
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Behavior evolution
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Coelioxys
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Egypt
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Host-parasite relationships
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Insects
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Larvae
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Megachile nigripes
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Parasites
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Parasitic insects
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Radoszkowskiana rufiventris
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Tall al-Kabīr Region
Call Number
QL1 .A436 no.3573 2007
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1206/0003-0082(2007)3573[1:IOTBAI]2.0.CO;2
OCLC:
150508792
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