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Xylocopa caerulea and Xylocopa auripennis harbor a homologous gut microbiome related to that of eusocial bees

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023
BackgroundEusocial bees, such as bumblebees and honey bees, harbor host-specific gut microbiota through their social behaviors. Conversely, the gut microbiota of solitary bees is erratic owing to their lack of eusocial activities.
Yifan Gu, Yifan Gu, Yifan Gu, Wensu Han, Wensu Han, Yuquan Wang, Danlei Liang, Jinglin Gao, Jinglin Gao, Yihai Zhong, Yihai Zhong, Shan Zhao, Shan Zhao, Shijie Wang, Shijie Wang   +14 more
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Carpenter bee thorax vibration and force generation inform pollen release mechanisms during floral buzzing

Scientific Reports, 2022
Approximately 10% of flowering plant species conceal their pollen within tube-like poricidal anthers. Bees extract pollen from poricidal anthers via floral buzzing, a behavior during which they apply cyclic forces by biting the anther and rapidly ...
Mark Jankauski, Cailin Casey, Chelsea Heveran, M. Kathryn Busby, Stephen Buchmann   +4 more
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New locality records for Xylocopa (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Xylocopinae) fauna of Turkey

Біологічні студії, 2022
Background. The article presents the results of the research on carpenter bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Xylocopinae: Xylocopa) housed in the Lodos Entomological Museum (Ege University, Izmir, Turkey).
S. Tezcan, I. Skyrpan
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Descriptions of new gynandromorphs of Xylocopa augusti Lepeletier (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Xylocopini) from Argentina

Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 2022
Gynandromorphs are individuals that display both male and female features throughout the body and are rarely found in nature. We document and describe two new gynandromorphs of the large carpenter bee Xylocopa (Neoxylocopa) augusti reared from a trap ...
Valentín Almada, Pablo José Ramello, Víctor Hugo González, Mariano Lucia   +3 more
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Taxonomy of South American species of Ceratina (Calloceratina) Cockerell, 1924 with comments on new species-groups proposed for this subgenus (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Xylocopinae)

EntomoBrasilis, 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, Favízia Freitas de Oliveira, Marcio Luiz de Oliveira   +2 more
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Food Niche Overlap Among Neotropical Carpenter Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Xylocopini) in an Agricultural System

Sociobiology, 2013
In the present study, we used niche overlap analysis and a network approach to investigate the use of floral resources by carpenter bees (Xylocopa spp.).
Danielle Mendes Carvalho, Candida Maria Lima Aguiar, Gilberto Marcos Mendonça Santos   +2 more
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A new case of gynandromorphism in Xylocopa frontalis (Olivier) (Hymenoptera: Apidae), with an updated review of records in Xylocopinae Latreille

Revista Chilena de Entomología, 2020
The description and illustration of a new case of gynandromorphism in Xylocopa (Neoxylocopa) frontalis (Olivier) is presented from a single specimen collected in Tena, Cundinamarca, Colombia and currently deposited at the Museo Entomológico Facultad de ...
Germán Villamizar
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Large Carpenter Bees, Xylocopa spp. (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae: Xylocopinae)

EDIS, 2002
This document is EENY-100, one of a series of the Entomology and Nematology Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Original publication date July 1999. Reviewed May 2003.
E. E. Grissell, Malcolm T. Sanford, Thomas R. Fasulo   +2 more
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Pollination ecology of Brownlowia tersa (Malvaceae), a Near Threatened non-viviparous true mangrove shrub

Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2019
Brownlowia tersa is a low-ground semi-evergreen shrub species.  The phenological events occur sequentially—leaf fall, leaf flushing, flowering and fruiting from April to November.
Aluri Jacob Solomon Raju
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Aggressive displacement of Xylocopa nigrita carpenter bees from flowers of Lagenaria sphaerica (Cucurbitaceae) by territorial male Eastern Olive Sunbirds (Cyanomitra olivacea) in Tanzania

Journal of Pollination Ecology, 2013
Male Eastern Olive Sunbirds (Cyanomitra olivacea) and Xylocopa nigrita carpenter bees in Tanzania both utilise the flowers of male plants of Lagenaria sphaerica (Cucurbitaceae) as a source of nectar.
Jeff Ollerton, Clive Nuttman
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