Polarized iridescence of the tropical carpenter bee, Xylocopa latipes. [PDF]
J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol, 2023 AbstractThe tropical carpenter bee, Xylocopa latipes, has metallic-reflecting, iridescent wings. The wing reflectance spectra for TE- and TM-polarized light depend on the angle of light incidence in a way characteristic for dielectric multilayers. Anatomy indicates the presence of melanin multilayers in the wing’s chitinous matrix.
Stavenga DG, Kats K, Leertouwer HL.
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The Genome and Methylome of a Subsocial Small Carpenter Bee, Ceratina calcarata. [PDF]
Genome Biol Evol, 2016 Understanding the evolution of animal societies, considered to be a major transition in evolution, is a key topic in evolutionary biology. Recently, new gateways for understanding social evolution have opened up due to advances in genomics, allowing for ...
Rehan SM +3 more
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Venom profile of the European carpenter bee Xylocopa violacea: Evolutionary and applied considerations on its toxin components [PDF]
Toxicon: X, 2022 Modern venomics is increasing its focus on hymenopterans such as honeybees, bumblebees, parasitoid wasps, ants and true wasps. However solitary bees remain understudied in comparison and the few available venom studies focus on short melittin-like ...
Björn M. von Reumont +2 more
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Historical isolation of the Galápagos carpenter bee (Xylocopa darwini) despite strong flight capability and ecological amplitude. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Colonization across the Galápagos Islands by the carpenter bee (Xylocopa darwini) was reconstructed based on distribution of mitochondrial haplotypes (cytochrome oxidase II (COII) sequences) and haplotype lineages.
Pablo Vargas +4 more
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A new species of the carpenter bee genus Xylocopa from the Sarawat Mountains in southwestern Saudi Arabia (Hymenoptera, Apidae) [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2017 A new species of the carpenter bee genus Xylocopa Latreille (Xylocopinae: Xylocopini) is described and figured from two localities in southern Saudi Arabia. Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) sarawatica Engel, sp. n.
Michael S. Engel +4 more
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Venom composition and pain-causing toxins of the Australian great carpenter bee Xylocopa aruana [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2022 Most species of bee are capable of delivering a defensive sting which is often painful. A solitary lifestyle is the ancestral state of bees and most extant species are solitary, but information on bee venoms comes predominantly from studies on eusocial ...
Naiqi Shi +9 more
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Nesting and Hibernation Host Preference of Bamboo Carpenter Bee, Xylocopa (Biluna) tranquebarorum tranquebarorum, and Arthropods Co-Habiting and Re-Using the Bee Nest [PDF]
InsectsThe bamboo carpenter bee, Xylocopa (Biluna) tranquebarorum tranquebarorum, is native to continental China and Taiwan, and the species invaded Japan around 2006.
Natsumi Kanzaki +3 more
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Isolation of biologically active peptides from the venom of Japanese carpenter bee, Xylocopa appendiculata [PDF]
Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2017 Background Mass spectrometry-guided venom peptide profiling is a powerful tool to explore novel substances from venomous animals in a highly sensitive manner.
Hiroko Kawakami +7 more
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Visual Adaptations for Mate Detection in the Male Carpenter Bee Xylocopa tenuiscapa. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Sexual dimorphism in eye structure is attributed to sexual selection in animals that employ vision for locating mates. In many male insects, large eyes and eye regions of higher acuity are believed to facilitate the location of females.
Hema Somanathan +3 more
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Developmental microbiome of the small carpenter bee, Ceratina calcarata
Environmental DNA, 2022 The importance of the holobiont has been studied across many bee species, but less is known about the changes in the microbiome throughout the course of development, particularly in subsocial bees.
Phuong N. Nguyen, Sandra M. Rehan
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