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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Genera of the bee tribe Reedapini (Hymenoptera: Colletidae) [PDF]
Those bees classified in the genera Reedapis Michener and Cephalocolletes Michener are discussed and organized into a new tribe, Reedapini Engel.
Engel, Michael S.
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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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Capalictus, a new subgenus of Lasioglossum Curtis, 1833 from South Africa, with description of three new species (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Halictidae) [PDF]
Capalictus, a new subgenus of Lasioglossum Curtis, 1833 (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Halictidae), endemic to the South African Cape Province, is described. The type species is Halictus mosselinus Cockerell, 1945. Evylaeus (Sellalictus) fynbosensis (Pauly et al.
Gibbs, Jason +2 more
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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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Meaningful ecological studies on insect communities require sampling protocols that take into consideration temporal fluctuations in abundance and species composition. Bees with their specific requirements for nutrition and nesting are good indicators of
Sabine OERTLI +2 more
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Separating Sampling Bias From Abundance Shows That Different Methods Catch Different Wild Bees. [PDF]
Comparing community sampling methods' relative taxonomic biases is critical to interpreting the data they collect, but measuring bias explicitly is difficult when methods also produce different sample sizes. Here, we control for absolute abundance while comparing sample composition and richness of three common methods for sampling wild bee communities.
McCarthy MW +5 more
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Bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of the Chicago Area: Diversity and Habitat Use in an Urbanized Landscape [PDF]
Bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) were collected at 24 sites chosen to represent the diversity of urban and natural habitats in the Chicago metropolitan area. Species richness was assessed for each site.
Molumby, Alan, Przybylowicz, Tomasz
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