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A new species of Megachile Latreille subgenus Megachiloides (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae) [PDF]

open access: goldZooKeys, 2013
A new species of leafcutter bee, Megachile (Megachiloides) chomskyi, is described from Texas, United States. Megachile chomskyi is one of the four known species of the oenotherae species group of Megachiloides, all members sharing the long tongue, and is most similar to Megachile (Megachiloides) amica Cresson.
Plazi
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Spiroacetals and the rise of Campanula specialists: Receptor sensitivity to host‐specific floral scents

open access: yesFunctional Ecology, Volume 39, Issue 7, Page 1786-1798, July 2025.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Campanula flowers (Campanulaceae) are visited by generalist and specialist bees of different families. While generalists rely on common volatiles within the floral scent of Campanula, specialist Megachilidae mainly use unusual spiroacetals for host flower recognition ...
Katharina Brandt   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Análisis de los nidos de algunas Osmia (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae) nidificantes en cavidades preestablecidas [PDF]

open access: yes, 1993
Nests of some cavity-nesting Osmia (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae). Nests of seven Osmia species (0. cornuta, 0 . rufa, O. tricornis, 0. coerulescens, 0. fulviventris, 0. latreillei, and 0 .
Blas, Marina, Bosch, Jordi, Vicens, N.
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Broad-spectrum pollination of Plectranthus neochilus

open access: yesBothalia: African Biodiversity & Conservation, 1977
The pollination ecology of Plectranthus neochilus Schltr. is discussed and compared with that of another garden plant,  Plectranthus barbatus Andr.. Pollinators and flower visitors of P.
C. H. Stirton
doaj   +1 more source

Pollinators In Peril: A Systematic Status Review of North American and Hawaiian Native Bees [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
While the decline of European honeybees in the United States and beyond has been well publicized in recent years, the more than 4,000 species of native bees in North America and Hawaii have been much less documented. Although these native bees are not as
Kelsey Kopec, Lori Ann Burd
core  

Species status and new distribution records for Lithurgus huberi Ducke (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae, Lithurginae) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Notes are provided on the morphology of males and females of the enigmatic Lithurgus huberi Ducke (Lithurginae: Lithurgini), a species historically believed to have been introduced into South America from Asia and to be a possible synonym of the more ...
Alvarez, Leopoldo Jesús   +3 more
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Dispersal patterns of an introduced wild bee, Megachile sculpturalis Smith, 1853 (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) in European alpine countries

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2020
Biodiversity monitoring programs are the baseline of species abundancy studies, which in case of introduced species are especially critical. Megachile sculpturalis Smith, 1853 native to Eastern-Asia, constitutes the first ever recorded wild bee species ...
J. Lanner   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Biological Flora of Britain and Ireland: Cytisus scoparius*

open access: yesJournal of Ecology, Volume 113, Issue 7, Page 1877-1933, July 2025.
Broom is an attractive and common native plant across Britain, Ireland and most of Europe, and yet it is considered a harmful and invasive weed around the rest of the world. This is aided by broom thriving on poor dry soils, helped by using green stems for photosynthesis and having root nodules to fix nitrogen.
Peter A. Thomas   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

TGLE Vol. 51 nos. 1 & 2 full issue [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Full issue for TGLE Vol. 51 Nos. 1 &

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Chromosome‐Level Genome Assembly of the Leafcutter Bee Megachile rotundata Reveals Its Ecological Adaptation and Pollination Biology

open access: yesAdvanced Science, Volume 12, Issue 23, June 20, 2025.
The genome of Megachile rotundata, an extensively managed solitary pollination bee species, has been sequenced, covering 280.68 Mb and predicting 10 701 genes. The study reveals significant expansions of the Toll gene family and their abundant expression in diapause prepupae, highlighting enhanced immune responses during diapause. This genome serves as
Rangjun Shi   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

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