Detection of Apicystis bombi (Apicomplexa: Neogregarinorida) in carpenter bees of Argentina [PDF]
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2023 Historically, the neogregarine Apicystis bombi was isolated almost exclusively from bumble bees (Bombus spp.) where it disrupts adipose tissue, increasing hosts’ mortality rates. Records in solitary bees are scarce worldwide. To check for its presence in
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Pigmentary colouration of hairy carpenter bees, genus Xylocopa. [PDF]
Naturwissenschaften, 2023 Carpenter bees can display distinct colouration patterns due to structural coloured wings and/or coloured hairs on their bodies. Females of the sexually dichromatic Xylocopa caerulea are marked by strongly blue-pigmented hairs on the head, thorax and ...
Stavenga DG.
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Symbiosis of Carpenter Bees with Uncharacterized Lactic Acid Bacteria Showing NAD Auxotrophy [PDF]
Microbiology Spectrum, 2023 Eusocial bees (such as honey bees and bumble bees) harbor core gut microbiomes that are transmitted through social interaction between nestmates. Carpenter bees are not eusocial; however, recent microbiome analyses found that Xylocopa species harbor ...
Shinji Kawasaki +7 more
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Carpenter Bees (Xylocopa) Harbor a Distinctive Gut Microbiome Related to That of Honey Bees and Bumble Bees. [PDF]
Appl Environ Microbiol, 2022 Gut microbiomes from social bees, such as honey bees and bumble bees, are conserved and consist of host-restricted bacteria that are transmitted among sterile female workers within a colony and that are important to the health of these key insect ...
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Bacterial Communities in Three Parts of Intestinal Tracts of Carpenter Bees (Xylocopa tenuiscapa) [PDF]
Insects, 2020 This study investigated different bacterial communities in three intestinal parts (foregut, midgut and hindgut) of Xylocopatenuiscapa to understand the roles of gut bacteria. Our phylogenetic analysis revealed that X.
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Scuticeratina: A new subgenus of small carpenter bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Xylocopinae) from Indomalaya [PDF]
ZooKeysSmall carpenter bees (Ceratina) are a morphologically diverse group of bees with a cosmopolitan distribution. The ~370 species of this group have been further classified in 25 different recognized subgenera. Here, a distinct new subgenus from Indomalaya,
Trevor J. L. Sless +2 more
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Phylogeny of the carpenter bees (Apidae: Xylocopinae) highlights repeated evolution of sociality. [PDF]
Biol Lett, 2023 Many groups of animals have evolved social behaviours in different forms, from intimate familial associations to the complex eusocial colonies of some insects.
Sless T, Rehan S.
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Large carpenter bees show high dispersal in a tropical semi-arid region susceptible to desertification. [PDF]
Ecol EvolDesertification is a major threat to biodiversity in arid areas of the world, partly because many organisms in these regions already exist at or near the limits of their movement and physiology.
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Large Carpenter Bees as Agricultural Pollinators
Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 2010 Large carpenter bees (genus Xylocopa) are wood-nesting generalist pollinators of broad geographical distribution that exhibit varying levels of sociality.
Tamar Keasar
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Dimorphic enantiostyly and its function for pollination by carpenter bees in a pollen-rewarding Caribbean bloodwort. [PDF]
Am J BotPremise Flowers that present their anthers and stigma in close proximity can achieve precise animal‐mediated pollen transfer, but risk self‐pollination. One evolutionary solution is reciprocal herkogamy.
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