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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Comparative biology of four Rhodanthidium species (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae) that nest in snail shells [PDF]
Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 2021 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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European Wool Carder Bee, Wool Carder Bee Anthidium manicatum (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)
EDIS, 2020 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
Revista Peruana de Biología, 2022 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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The bees of the tribe Anthidiini Ashmead, 1899 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae) of Siberia and the Russian Far East [PDF]
Кавказский энтомологический бюллетень, 2013 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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A CHECKLIST OF MEGACHILID BEES (HYMENOPTERA, MEGACHILIDAE), WITH A NEW RECORD GENUS FROM IRAQ
Bulletin of the Iraq Natural History Museum, 2023 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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Functional resin use in solitary bees
Ecological Entomology, Volume 47, Issue 2, Page 115-136, April 2022., 2022 Overall, more than 30% of bee species depend on non‐floral resources such as resin, which is used in nesting for nest structures, chemical camouflage, defence, moisture regulation, and its anti‐microbial properties. Resin usage appears to be constrained by environmental and physiological factors and may play a major role in determining the ambient nest
Shao Xiong Chui +2 more
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Using ecological context to interpret spatiotemporal variation in natural selection
Evolution, Volume 75, Issue 2, Page 294-309, February 2021., 2021 Abstract Spatiotemporal variation in natural selection is expected, but difficult to estimate. Pollinator‐mediated selection on floral traits provides a good system for understanding and linking variation in selection to differences in ecological context.
Elena Albertsen +6 more
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Graellsia, 2021 La ecología y el comportamiento de la mayoría de las especies de abejas mediterráneas (fenología, comportamiento solitario o social, apareamiento, nidificación, especialización en plantas) son aún poco conocidos o no han sido descritos en profundidad ...
Daniel Romero +2 more
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