Title
Nesting biology of the bee Ashmeadiella holtii and its cleptoparasite, a new species of Stelis (Apoidea, Megachilidae)
Title Variants
Alternative:
Biology of Ashmeadiella and Stelis
Related Titles
Series:
American Museum novitates, no. 2900
By
Rozen, Jerome G. Jr. (Jerome George), 1928-
Parker, Frank Downs, 1936-
Type
Book
Material
Published material
Publication info
New York, N.Y, American Museum of Natural History, c1987
Notes
Title from caption.
"November 17, 1987."
"The nesting biology of Ashmeadiella (Chilosima) holtii Cockerell is described including: features of nesting site; nest architecture; provisions; and some aspects of development. Unlike other known species in the genus, holtii nests in the ground as did a female of A. (Ashmeadiella) leucozona Cockerell at the same time. A new species of Stelis parasitized nests of A. holtii. It is described and named elongativentris, new species, in an appendix by Frank D. Parker. Its biology is presented including: searching behavior of female; oviposition; larval feeding habits; larval host searching behavior; defecation; and cocoon spinning. First- and last-stage larvae are described taxonomically and compared with other known larvae of kleptoparasitic Anthidiini"--P. [1].
Subjects
Ashmeadiella holtii
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Bees
,
Behavior
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Classification
,
Host-parasite relationships
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Insects
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Nest building
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Nests
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Parasites
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Parasitic insects
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Southwest, New
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Stelis elongativentris
Call Number
QL1 .A436 no.2900, 1987
Language
English
Identifiers
OCLC:
18700009
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