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Climate Change Influence on the Potential Distribution of Some Cavity-Nesting Bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)

Diversity, 2023
As climatic and other impactful environmental changes continue to gain momentum pollination, services are poised to be harmed, and wild bee species are not an exception.
M. Okely, Michael S. Engel, Mohamed A. Shebl   +2 more
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The antennal transcriptome analysis and characterizations of odorant-binding proteins in Megachile saussurei (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae)

BMC Genomics, 2023
Background Odorant-binding proteins (OBPs) are essential in insect’s daily behaviors mediated by olfactory perception. Megachile saussurei Radoszkowski (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae) is a principal insect pollinating alfalfa ( Medicago sativa ) in ...
Wei‐Zhen Li, Wen-Juan Kang, Jingjiang Zhou, Suqin Shang, Shang-Li Shi   +4 more
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New Distributional Record of Anthidiine Bee (Apoidea: Megachilidae) from Ladakh, India and a Checklist of the Family Megachilidae Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera: Insecta) of India

Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 2023
The checklist of the Bee family Megachilidae, from India, is presented. Megachilidae is one of the hyper-diverse bee family that includes leafcutter, resin and mason bees. In India, it is the largest bee family with a total of 179 species under 23 genera
P. M. Osman Javid, R. Raina, P. C. Pathania, Sajad H. Paray   +3 more
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The Family Megachilidae (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) In Pollination Ecology- a Review

Indian Journal of Entomology, 2023
Family Megachilidae belongs to cosmopolitan family groups, making nests in the soil, and mostly prefer pre-existing cavities such as pithy stems, galls, and dead wood for nesting.
R. Raina, Purnima Pathak, K. Kumar, Trilok Jangid   +3 more
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Revision of the leachella group of Megachile subgenus Eutricharaea in the Western Palaearctic (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Megachilidae): A renewed plea for DNA barcoding type material

Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 2023
The leafcutting bees of the leachella group of Megachile Latreille subgenus Eutricharaea Thomson are revised for the Western Palaearctic region using a combination of morphology and phylogenetic analyses of three genes (COI, LW-Rhodopsin, CAD). Although
Christophe J. Praz, Dimitri Bénon
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Diversity of Bacterial Communities Associated with Solitary Bee Osmia excavata Alfken (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)

Applied Sciences, 2023
Insect-associated microorganisms play important roles in the health and development of insects. This study aimed to investigate the similarities and differences in bacterial community structure and composition between the larval gut of Osmia excavata ...
Wenping Liu, Yue Li, Huanhuan Lu, Youjin Hao, Ke Zhang, Xiaoqun Dang, Xiaodong Fan, Huan Zhang, Zeyang Zhou, Chao‐dong Zhu, A. Luo, Dunyuan Huang   +11 more
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Establishment of the non-native horned-face bee Osmia cornifrons and the taurus mason bee Osmia taurus (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) in Canada

PeerJ, 2022
Established populations of the non-native horned-face bee, Osmia cornifrons (Radoszkowski, 1887), and the taurus mason bee, Osmia taurus Smith, 1873 (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae), have been identified from Canada for the first time.
J. S. Macivor, Charlotte W de Keyzer, Madison S. Marshall, G. Thurston, T. M. Onuferko   +4 more
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Nesting Biology and Ecology of a Resin Bee, Megachile cephalotes (Megachilidae: Hymenoptera)

Insects, 2022
Simple Summary Megachile cephalotes is a solitary bee that is widely distributed in Sindh and Punjab, Pakistan. It has been reported as an effective pollinator of Grewia asiatica and some other crops.
Waseem Akram, Asif Sajjad, H. A. Ghramh, Mudssar Ali, Khalid Ali Khan   +4 more
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Nest structure, associated parasites and morphology of mature larvae of two European species of Pseudoanthidium Friese, 1898 (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae)

Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 2022
The bee genus Pseudoanthidium is represented by nine species in Europe. Of these nine species, Pseudoanthidium nanum is the most widespread, occurs mainly in xerothermic open habitats and creates nests in various cavity types.
P. Bogusch, Petra Houfková Marešová, Alena Astapenková, P. Heneberg   +3 more
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A survey on Megachilidae (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) species available in Iranian Pollinator Insects Museum of Yasouj University [PDF]

Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics, 2021
In this study, the distribution of 88 species of the family Megachilidae, out of 3678 specimens in the Iranian Pollinator Insects Museum of Yasouj University (IPIM), which were collected in spring and summer 2009–2017 from different regions of Iran ...
Marjan Zakikhani, Alireza Monfared, Hojjatollah Mohammadi, Amin Sedaratian Jahromi   +3 more
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