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First record of the carpenter bee Xylocopa pubescens (Hymenoptera, Apidae) in the Canary Islands confirmed by DNA barcoding [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Hymenoptera Research, 2020
Island ecosystems are particularly vulnerable to the introduction of exotic species that can have an impact on local fauna and flora. Here, the carpenter bee Xylocopa pubescens is reported in Gran Canaria (Canary Islands, Spain) for the first time.
Carlos Ruiz   +3 more
doaj   +3 more sources

The first record of phoretic mite Sennertia cerambycina (Acari, Chaetodactylidae) in Serbia [PDF]

open access: yesTravaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa”
The phoretic mite Sennertia cerambycina (Scopoli, 1763) (Acari, Chaetodactylidae) has been documented for the first time within the territory of Serbia.
Mihailo Vujić, Vukašin Gojšina
doaj   +3 more sources

Observations on an unusual behaviour in the Carpenter Bee Xylocopa aestuans (Latreille, 1802) (Hymenoptera: Apidae) of the Western Ghats, India

open access: yesJournal of Threatened Taxa, 2010
The Carpenter Bee Xylocopa aestuans is a known pollen and nectar feeder. However, at Anshi National Park of Karnataka (India), the bee happens to be switching over to facultative carnivorous habit as they are found to feed on Red Tree Ants Oecophylla ...
S.A. Punekar, N.K.P. Kumaran, H.R. Bhat
doaj   +1 more source

Intercropping with Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan L. Millsp.): An Assessment of Its Influence on the Assemblage of Pollinators and Yield of Neighbouring Non-Leguminous Crops

open access: yesLife, 2023
Intercropping is practiced in modern intensive agriculture considering many benefits, including additive crop yield. However, it may have competitive or facilitative interactions between pollinator-dependant crops.
Ujjwal Layek   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The large carpenter bee Xylocopa augusti (Hymenoptera: Apidae): new record for Chile [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The large carpenter bee Xylocopa (Neoxylocopa) augusti Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1841, is here recorded for the first time in Chile. This new record increases to four the number of carpenter bees known for the country.
Allendes, Juan L.   +2 more
core   +4 more sources

A gynandromorph of Xylocopa augusti and an unusual record of X. iris from Brazil (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Xylocopini) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
We describe and illustrate for the first time a mixed gynandromorph of Xylocopa(Neoxylocopa) augusti Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Also, we document and discuss a historical specimen of the Old World carpenter bee X. (Copoxyla)
Gonzalez, Victor H.   +2 more
core   +4 more sources

Assessment of intestinal parasites in the coexisting Bombus terrestris (Apidae) and Xylocopa augusti (Apidae) in central Chile

open access: yesRevista Chilena de Historia Natural, 2020
Bombus terrestris is a European bumblebee extensively commercialized worldwide for crop pollination. In Chile, this species was introduced in 1997 and after confinement escape, it has spread and established in several localities of central-southern Chile
Kiara Fernández   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Taxonomy of South American species of Ceratina (Calloceratina) Cockerell, 1924 with comments on new species-groups proposed for this subgenus (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Xylocopinae)

open access: yesEntomoBrasilis, 2023
Two new species of the small carpenter bee genus Ceratina (Calloceratina) Cockerell, 1924 are described and illustrated. Ceratina (Calloceratina) mourei new species, and Ceratina (Calloceratina) silveirai new species, form the silveirai species-group, a
Thiago Mahlmann   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Development of Multiple Polymorphic Microsatellite Markers for Ceratina calcarata (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Using Genome-Wide Analysis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The small carpenter bee, Ceratina calcarata (Robertson), is a widespread native pollinator across eastern North America. The behavioral ecology and nesting biology of C.
Brittain   +7 more
core   +2 more sources

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