Biology of the bee Hoplitis (Hoplitis) monstrabilis Tkalcu̇ and descriptions of its egg and larva (Megachilidae, Megachilinae, Osmiini)

Title Variants

Alternative: Biology of the bee Hoplitis (Anthocopa)

Related Titles

Series: American Museum novitates, no. 3645

By

Rozen, Jerome G. Jr. (Jerome George), 1928-
Özbek, Hikmet
Ascher, John S.
Rightmyer, Molly G.

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, NY, American Museum of Natural History, c2009

Notes

Caption title.

"June 25, 2009."

Herein we describe the nesting biology of the solitary ground-nesting bee Hoplitis (Hoplitis) monstrabilis Tkalců from eastern Turkey. Its shallow nests in the ground differ from the known nests of members of subgenus Hoplitis, most of which make mortar and pebble nests either on the exposed surfaces of rocks or within stems or other cavities. Cells are not lined with flower petals or other vegetative tissue, as expected for subgenus Hoplitis, but unlike other ground-nesting species of Hoplitis belonging to other subgenera such as Anthocopa. The egg of this bee is also described and illustrated, as is the fifth (last) larval instar.

Subjects

Bees , Eggs , Hoplitis monstrabilis , Insects , Larvae , Nests , Turkey

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.3645 2009

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 419330905