The Malaise Trap: Its Utility and Potential for Sampling Insect Populations [PDF]
, 2017 Slightly over three decades have elapsed since Malaise (1937) first published plans for the insect trap now bearing his name a stationary mesh tent with open sides, a central baffle, and a top-mounted collecting apparatus (Fig. 1).
Matthews, Janice R., Matthews, Robert W.
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A new species of Habralictus Moure from Dominica, Lesser Antilles (Hymenoptera, Halictidae)
ZooKeys, 2012 A new species of Habralictus Moure (Apoidea, Halictidae) is described from the island of Dominica, Habralictus gonzalezi sp. n. The species is distinguished from other West Indian Habralictus and a key is provided to the West Indian Habralictus.
Jason Gibbs
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Sex-biased parental care and sexual size dimorphism in a provisioning arthropod [PDF]
, 2015 The diverse selection pressures driving the evolution of sexual size dimorphism (SSD) have long been debated. While the balance between fecundity selection and sexual selection has received much attention, explanations based on sex-specific ecology have ...
A Herrel +87 more
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Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity, 2015 Two Nyssonini (Bembicinae: Crabronidae: Apoidea) species, namely Nippononysson rufopictus and Nysson spinosus, are newly recorded in Korea. The genus Nippononysson is mentioned for the first time in Korean fauna.
Jeong-Kyu Kim
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Heterospecific Hymenoptera found inside the nests of Bombus impatiens (Hymenoptera: Apidae). [PDF]
, 2018 The nests of social Hymenoptera are particularly attractive to species engaging in resource robbing due to their concentration of resources. Here, the identity of heterospecific intruders in Bombus impatiens nests are described, with a particular focus ...
Graham, Kelsey K
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A survey on bees (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Apoidea) and their associated mites in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province of Iran [PDF]
Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics, 2019 In this study 46 species of bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) and their 17 associated mite species from Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province reigns with some specimens collected from Yasouj and Dezful have been examined.
Sahar Nazari +3 more
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, 1996 The known bee fauna of Mexico is the result of 236 years of taxonomic work during which ca. 95 authors have contributed to the description of species. The authors that, at present, have described the majority of the Mexican species are: Cockerell (with 443 taxa), Timberlake (393), Cresson (187), Smith (92), LaBerge (68), Michener (62), and Vachal (50),
Ayala, Ricardo +2 more
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Native bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) and berry polycultures: Studying farmers’ motivations for diversification and the impact of mass floral resources on pollinator communities [PDF]
, 2017 Floral resource continuity is an important component in pollinator conservation. Mass blooms early in the season may bolster pollinator communities on sequentially flowering crops by creating a resource pulse in an agricultural landscape.
Hayes, Jen
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Contribution to bee fauna (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) of Poland. IV [PDF]
, 2000 Hyleus lepidulus Cockerell and Eucera pollinosa Smith (= E. polonica Ruszkowski, syn. nov.) are recorded for the first time from Poland. New records of further 5 rare species are given.Zadanie pt.
Banaszak, Józef
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BumbleKey: an interactive key for the identification of bumblebees of Italy and Corsica (Hymenoptera, Apidae) [PDF]
, 2018 BumbleKey is a matrix-based, interactive key to all 45 species of bumblebees of Italy and Corsica. The key allows to identify adult males and females (queens and workers) using morphological characters. The key is published online, open-access, at http://
Cappellari, Andree +3 more
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