The bee genus Anthidiellum in Vietnam: descriptions of five new species and the first male of Anthidiellum coronum (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae) [PDF]
The Vietnamese fauna of bees in the Anthidiellum Cockerell (Megachilinae, Anthidiini) is reviewed. Seven species are recognized, representing two subgenera.
Ngat Thi Tran +4 more
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A review of the anthidiine bees (Apoidea, Megachilidae) in Thailand [PDF]
Bees of the tribe Anthidiini (Apoidea: Megachilidae) are notable pollinators consisting of resin bees, wool-carder bees, and cleptoparasitic bees. Twelve anthidiine species were historically reported in Thailand, though the taxonomic information of the ...
Pakorn Nalinrachatakan +5 more
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The bees of the tribe Anthidiini Ashmead, 1899 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae) of Siberia and the Russian Far East [PDF]
Seventeen species of six genera of bees of the tribe Anthidiini are recorded from Siberia and the Russian Far East. Icteranthidium fedtschenkoi (Morawitz, 1875) is recorded for the first time from Russia.
M.Yu. Proshchalykin
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The resin bee subgenus Ranthidiellum in Thailand (Megachilidae, Anthidiini): nesting biology, cleptoparasitism by Stelis, and new species [PDF]
Resin bees of the subgenus Ranthidiellum, are rare and endemic to Southeast Asia. These bees are known to construct resinous entrance tubes to their nests. Here, the new species Anthidiellum (R.) phuchongensis sp. nov.
Pakorn Nalinrachatakan +5 more
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Pollinator‐mediated plant coexistence requires high levels of pollinator specialization [PDF]
A key question for understanding plant‐pollinator interactions is whether realistic pollinator foraging behavior promotes coexistence or exclusion of plant species. We use a simulation model to understand how pollinator foraging behavior impacts the coexistence dynamics of pollen‐limited plants.
Bethanne Bruninga‐Socolar +3 more
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Comparative biology of four Rhodanthidium species (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae) that nest in snail shells [PDF]
Some species of two tribes (Anthidiini and Osmiini) of the bee family Megachilidae utilize empty gastropod shells as nesting cavities. While snail-nesting Osmiini have been more frequently studied and the nesting biology of several species is well-known,
Lucie Hostinská +5 more
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A new small carder bee species from the eastern Canary Islands (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae, Anthidiini) [PDF]
Recent field surveys in the eastern Canary Islands (Spain), followed by contributions of new occurrence records through the citizen science platform iNaturalist.com and the social media photo repository Flickr.com have revealed the presence of an ...
Nicolas J. Vereecken +7 more
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European Wool Carder Bee, Wool Carder Bee Anthidium manicatum (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)
The European wool carder bee Anthidium manicatum (Linnaeus) is a solitary, cavity-nesting bee species in the family Megachilidae (tribe Anthidiini), a family whose members include the mason and leaf cutter bees. Wool carder bees are so named because the
Samantha Gallagher, Andrea Lucky
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New records of megachilid bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) for Colombia
The bee family Megachilidae consists of solitary species, some of which are important pollinators of cultivated plants. Although literature records indicate the existence of about 50 species of 10 genera of megachilid bees in Colombia, taxonomic studies ...
Diego A. Guevara +2 more
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A CHECKLIST OF MEGACHILID BEES (HYMENOPTERA, MEGACHILIDAE), WITH A NEW RECORD GENUS FROM IRAQ
An updated checklist of the Megachilid bees of Iraq is presented in this paper. The current list includes 31 species belonging to 10 genera, under the tribes Lithurgini, Osmiini, Anthidiini,and Megachilini within the Megachilinae ...
Asawir Dhafer Najm, Radhi F. Al-Jassany
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