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Evolution of Peripheral Visual System in the Apoidea: A Role for Food Item Mobility? [PDF]
Since larger compound eyes and ocelli altogether improve vision, one may expect that insects specialised in chasing very mobile resources possess such morphological optimisation. By analysing 77 species of bees and wasps, we have found that wasps had larger eyes, but not larger ocelli, than bees.
Trisoglio CF +4 more
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Ecology and evolution of pyrazines in insects. [PDF]
ABSTRACT Chemical communication is the oldest and most widespread form of signalling among and within organisms. Among the many compounds involved in such communication, pyrazines – nitrogen‐containing heterocyclic molecules – are especially intriguing due to their widespread occurrence across the tree of life, from bacteria and fungi to insects and ...
Oudendijk Z, Wahlberg N, Mappes J.
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El catálogo objeto de este trabajo es el segundo de una serie de tres relativa a la familia Megachilidae del territorio comprendido corológicamente en el área mediterránea occidental.
C. Ornosa +2 more
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Solierella turneri Dutt, 1917 (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Crabroninae) from India: description of female and new distribution records [PDF]
View on Scopus The crabronid wasp, Solierella turneri Dutt, 1917 (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) is newly recorded from various regions of India and female is described. Hitherto, the S. turneri Dutt has been only reported from northern India (Pusa of Bihar),
N.V. Ayisha Mawadda +1 more
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Pumping Venom: Valvilli Architecture in Diacamma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and Implications for Stinger Functionality. [PDF]
The insect stinger is among the best‐known venom‐delivery structures, yet its valvilli—paired flaps within the valve chamber—remain poorly understood. Using micro‐CT, histology, serial block‐face SEM and CLSM in the ant Diacamma nr. indicum, we show that the valvilli are not uniformly flexible flaps but are materially differentiated structures with ...
Casadei-Ferreira A +6 more
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Artykuł informuje o Stelis minima Schenck, 1859, nowym dla fauny Polski gatunku kleptopasożytniczej pszczoły z rodziny miesierkowatych (Megachilidae). Stelis minima.
Celary Waldemar, Wiśniowski Bogdan
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A comunidade de abelhas de uma área de restinga, localizada na Praia de Intermares, munícipio de Cabedelo, Estado da Paraíba, Brasil, foi estudada com relação a utilização dos recursos florais.
Maria Cristina Madeira da Silva +1 more
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Se ha realizado una revisión de las especies españolas y portuguesas de la tribu Ceratinini, basada en el estudio tanto de diversas colecciones entomológicas como de la información bibliográfica disponible.
Michael Terzo +1 more
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A revision of the cleptoparasitic bee genus Coelioxys (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) from Australia
The Australian species of the genus Coelioxys Latreille are revised. Six species are recognized: Coelioxys albolineata Cockerell, 1905; Coelioxys froggatti Cockerell, 1911; Coelioxys reginae Cockerell, 1905; Coelioxys weinlandi Schulz, 1904 and two new ...
Léo Correia da ROCHA-FILHO
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Se presenta el primer reporte de la abeja colectora de óleo Centris (Odontoxys) melanochlaena Smith, 1874 en Nicaragua. Esta especie se distribuye en varios países de Centroamérica y México, siendo este el primer reporte en el occidente de Nicaragua ...
Conrado Ronaldo Quiroz-Medina +1 more
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