The spread of Colletes hederae Schmidt & Westrich, 1993 continues – first records of this plasterer bee species from Slovakia and the Czech Republic [PDF]
Colletes hederae Schmidt & Westrich, 1993 is a cryptic bee species from the C. succinctus species-group. The previous occurrence and spreading of this species were predominantly in south-western Europe.
Petr Bogusch +6 more
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New and little-known bees of the genus Hylaeus Fabricius, 1793 (Hymenoptera, Colletidae) from the Caucasus region [PDF]
New records on 32 species of the genus Hylaeus Fabricius, 1793 (Hymenoptera: Colletidae) from the Caucasus region are presented. Hylaeus alievi Dathe & Proshchalykin, sp. nov. is described from Azerbaijan.
Maxim Yu. Proshchalykin, Holger H. Dathe
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First record of Hylaeus pictipes Nylander, 1852 (Hymenoptera, Colletidae) in Virginia, United States of America [PDF]
Insect surveys of developed areas can provide important new species records as these areas are often under-surveyed and assumed to have low biodiversity.
Robert B. J. Ostrom, Kristine L. Grayson
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Новые данные по фауне пчел (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) Амурской области
В работе приведены сведения о 46 видах пчел, ранее не указанных для Амурской области, а также кормовые растения, на которых они собраны. Виды принадлежат к 17 родам, 3 из них (Aglaoapis Cameron, 1901, Melitta Kirby, 1802 и Dasypoda Latreille, 1802 ...
Елена Валерьевна Игнатенко +1 more
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Twenty New Records of Bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) for Sardinia (Italy)
In Sardinia, the second largest Mediterranean island, 316 species of bees are known. Here, for the first time, the following 20 taxa are reported: Colletes cunicularius (Linnaeus, 1761), and C. eous Morice, 1904 (Colletidae); Andrena humilis Imhoff, 1832,
Vittorio Nobile +8 more
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Pathogens and parasites of solitary bees have been studied for decades, but the microbiome as a whole is poorly understood for most taxa. Comparative analyses of microbiome features such as composition, abundance, and specificity, can shed light on bee ...
Tobin J. Hammer +9 more
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Evolution of Peripheral Visual System in the Apoidea: A Role for Food Item Mobility? [PDF]
Since larger compound eyes and ocelli altogether improve vision, one may expect that insects specialised in chasing very mobile resources possess such morphological optimisation. By analysing 77 species of bees and wasps, we have found that wasps had larger eyes, but not larger ocelli, than bees.
Trisoglio CF +4 more
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First records of Hylaeus (Paraprosopis) pictipes Nylander, 1852 (Hymenoptera: Colletidae) in North America [PDF]
Cavity-nesting bees, such as members of the genus Hylaeus Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Colletidae), are prone to accidental introductions by human-mediated transportation.
Jason Gibbs, Holger Dathe
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New and little-known bees of the genus <i>Colletes</i> Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera, Colletidae) from the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan, with descriptions of two new species. [PDF]
Data on 14 species of the genus Colletes Latreille, 1802 collected in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan in 2018–2025 are provided. Among them, Colletes perplexussp. nov. is described as new to science.
Kuhlmann M +2 more
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We report the first record of the neotropical bee subgenus Hylaeus (Gongyloprosopis) Snelling, 1982 (Colletidae) for Brazil. Additionally, an overview of the current geographic records for the three known species of the subgenus is presented.
Thiago Mahlmann +3 more
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