Title
Nesting biology and immature stages of the panurgine bee genera Rhophitulus and Cephalurgus (Apoidea, Andrenidae, Protandrenini)
Title Variants
Alternative:
Nesting biology of Rhophitulus and Cephalurgus
Related Titles
Series:
American Museum novitates, no. 3814
By
Rozen, Jerome G. Jr. (Jerome George), 1928-
Type
Book
Material
Published material
Publication info
New York, NY, American Museum of Natural History, [2014]
Notes
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"October 16, 2014."
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Herein is presented nesting information on the communal ground-nesting Argentinian bees Rhophitulus xenopalpus Ramos and R. mimus Ramos, which is compared with what is known concerning the closely related Brazilian bee Cephalurgus anomalus Moure and Lucas de Oliveira. The mature larvae of all three taxa are described, illustrated, and compared with one another and with those of other Protandrenini. While larvae of the three species share many similarities, those of R. xenopalpus and R. mimus, though each distinctive, are quite similar, and those of C. anomalus differ from the others in mandibular features and in dorsal body ornamentation. Male and female pupae of R. xenopalpus are also described.
Subjects
Andrenidae
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Argentina
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Bees
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Behavior
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Brazil
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Cephalurgus anomalus
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Classification
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Insects
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Larvae
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Nests
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Rhophitulus mimus
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Rhophitulus xenopalpus
Call Number
QL1 .A436 no.3814 2014
Language
English
Identifiers
OCLC:
892995339
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