A cytochrome P450 insecticide detoxification mechanism is not conserved across the Megachilidae family of bees. [PDF]
Evol ApplAbstract Recent work has demonstrated that many bee species have specific cytochrome P450 enzymes (P450s) that can efficiently detoxify certain insecticides. The presence of these P450s, belonging or closely related to the CYP9Q subfamily (CYP9Q‐related), is generally well conserved across the diversity of bees.
Hayward A +10 more
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Cryptic and Non-Cryptic Diversity in Cleptoparasitic Bees of the Genus Stelis Panzer, 1806, Subgenus Stelidomorpha Morawitz, 1875, with a Description of New Species from the Arabian Peninsula (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae) [PDF]
InsectsCleptoparasitic bees of the subgenus Stelis (Stelidomorpha) occur mainly in the Mediterranean and Middle East. In this study, we elevate Stelis aegyptiaca ssp. canaria Warncke, 1992 to species rank (S. canaria Warncke, 1992) and describe two new species,
Max Kasparek +2 more
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The evolution of floral sonication, a pollen foraging behavior used by bees (Anthophila). [PDF]
Evolution, 2018 Abstract Over 22,000 species of biotically pollinated flowering plants, including some major agricultural crops, depend primarily on bees capable of floral sonication for pollination services. The ability to sonicate (“buzz”) flowers is widespread in bees but not ubiquitous.
Cardinal S, Buchmann SL, Russell AL.
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Taxonomic revision proves Trachusa pubescens (Morawitz, 1872) sensu lato to be a complex of allopatric and sympatric species in South-Eastern Europe and Western Asia (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Anthidiini) [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2018 Trachusa pubescens (Morawitz, 1872) s. l. has a distribution extending from south-eastern Europe over Anatolia and the Caucasus to Iran and Turkmenistan, and was formerly regarded as a species with high intraspecific variation. By means of an examination
Max Kasparek
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Male or Female? New Cases of Gynandromorphism in Wool Carder Bees of the Tribe Anthidiini (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) [PDF]
SociobiologyGynandromorphism is a condition in which both male and female morphological characteristics are present in a single specimen. This phenomenon has been well-documented in Apoidea, but with only a few cases in megachilid bees.
Max Kasparek +2 more
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AnthWest, occurrence records for wool carder bees of the genus Anthidium (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae, Anthidiini) in the Western Hemisphere [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2014 This paper describes AnthWest, a large dataset that represents one of the outcomes of a comprehensive, broadly comparative study on the diversity, biology, biogeography, and evolution of Anthidium Fabricius in the Western Hemisphere.
Terry Griswold +2 more
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Claves y datos nuevos de las especies ibéricas del género Stelis Panzer, 1806 (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Megachilidae, Anthidiini) [PDF]
Graellsia, 2009 El trabajo actual, dentro de la revisión que se está realizando de la familia Megachilidae en la fauna ibérica, incluye las claves de identificación para las especies del género Stelis Panzer, 1806. Las claves se acompañan de numerosas ilustraciones para
C. Ornosa, F. Torres, J. Ortiz-Sánchez
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Chromosome-Level Genome Assembly of Anthidium xuezhongi Niu & Zhu, 2020 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae: Anthidiini) [PDF]
Genome Biology and Evolution, 2022 Dan Zhang, Feng Zhang, Michael C Orr
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Checklist of bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) from small diversified vegetable farms in south-western Montana. [PDF]
Biodivers Data J, 2019 Background Over three years (2013-2015), we sampled bees using nets and bowl traps on four diversified vegetable farms in Gallatin County, Montana, USA, as part of a study evaluating the use of wildflower strips for supporting wild bees and crop ...
Delphia CM +4 more
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Genetic constraints predict evolutionary divergence in Dalechampia blossoms. [PDF]
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 2014 Bolstad GH +5 more
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