A new species of Mermiglossa from Kenya, with comments on the arrangement of Old World Panurginae (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) [PDF]
A new species of the panurgine bee genus Mermiglossa Friese (Panurginae) is described and figured from females captured near Voi in the southern part of the former Coast Province, Kenya, a historical type locality for several bee species.
Ascher, John S., Engel, Michael S.
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Notes on the Nests of \u3ci\u3eAugochloropsis metallica fulgida\u3c/i\u3e and \u3ci\u3eMegachile mucida\u3c/i\u3e in Central Michigan (Hymenoptera: Halictidae, Megachilidae) [PDF]
Notes on the nesting biology of two ground-nesting species are provided from Central Michigan. A single nest of Augochloropsis metallica fulgida was excavated on 12 July 2014 in Shiawassee County. There were two female nest inhabitants.
Gibbs, Jason
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An overlooked family-group name among bees: Availability of Coelioxoidini (Hymenoptera: Apidae) [PDF]
Recent phylogenetic analysis of the family Apidae has applied the tribal name Coelioxoidini to the distinctive genus Coelioxoides Cresson, which has been thought to be related to Tetrapedia Klug. However, the nomenclatural status of such a family ...
Engel, Michael S. +2 more
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We describe some structural aspects of the nest and the female’s behavior in building and provisioning it of Megachile (Ptilosarus) microsoma. This species has been recorded to Bolivia, Brazil, Guiana, Peru and Trinidad and Tobago and this is the first ...
Danny Vélez +2 more
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First Records of the Adventive Pseudoanthidium nanum (Mocsáry) (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) in Illinois and Minnesota, with Notes on its Identification and Taxonomy [PDF]
We report the first records of Pseudoanthidium nanum (Mocsáry) in Illinois and Minnesota in 2016 and 2018, respectively. This represents a relatively rapid expansion since P. nanum was first detected in New Jersey in 2008.
Arduser, Mike +6 more
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This is one of a series of papers—Andreninæ, Tr. Am. Ent., Soc. 28: 187; Halictinæ, Can, Ent. 34: 245, 1902: Sphecodinæ, Ent. News 14:103; Megachilidæ and Bombinæ. Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. 29:163; Nomadinæ Can. Ent. 35:172; Epeolinæ, Can. Ent. 35: 284, 1903— intended to bring together the results of studies of the bees of the neighbourhood of Carlinville ...
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Persistent, symptomless, systemic, and seed-borne infection of lettuce by Botrytis cinerea [PDF]
Experiments are presented which show that Botrytis cinerea, the cause of gray mould disease, is often present in symptomless lettuce plants as a systemic, endophytic, infection which may arise from seed.
Dewey, F. M. +2 more
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Taxonomic note on the type species of Centris (Melanocentris) (Hymenoptera: Apidae) [PDF]
Centris (Melanocentris) Friese is one of many subgenera that have been proposed throughout the taxonomic history of the bee genus Centris Fabricius. The lack of critical study of the type specimens of its type species, Centris atra Friese, resulted in ...
Vivallo, Felipe
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Description of the previously unknown male of Systropha (Austrosystropha) macronasuta (Hymenoptera: Halictidae: Rophitinae) from Kenya [PDF]
We describe and illustrate for the first time the previously unknown male of Systropha (Austrosystropha) macronasuta Strand. We provide a species diagnosis and modified couplets of the recent identification key to allow for easy identification of this ...
Bossert, Silas, Patiny, Sébastien
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The complete mitochondrial genome of Cerceris quinquefasciata (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae)
The complete mitochondrial genome of the Cerceris quinquefasciata (Rossi, 1792) (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) was obtained via next-generation sequencing. This mitochondrial genome is 16,188 bp in length with 37 classical eukaryotic mitochondrial genes and ...
Xiao-Li Li +4 more
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