Xylocopa caerulea and Xylocopa auripennis harbor a homologous gut microbiome related to that of eusocial bees [PDF]
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 +14 more
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Sociobiology, 2023 Mites have long been associated with bees, often showing a close relationship with particular taxa, probably due to a co-evolutionary process. The present study is the first confirmation on the occurrence of the mite species Calvolia summersi (Mostafa ...
Dibyajyoti Ghosh +2 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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The genome sequence of the Violet Carpenter Bee, Xylocopa violacea (Linnaeus, 1785): a hymenopteran species undergoing range expansion. [PDF]
Heredity (Edinb)We present a reference genome assembly from an individual male Violet Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa violacea, Linnaeus, 1758). The assembly is 1.02 gigabases in span. 48% of the assembly is scaffolded into 17 pseudo-chromosomal units.
Nash WJ +21 more
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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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The earliest large carpenter bee (Xylocopa) and its adhering pollen (Araliaceae, Theaceae). [PDF]
Paleobiodivers PaleoenvironThe association of pollinators with their host plants is a critical element of ecosystem functioning and one that is usually determined indirectly in the fossil record from specific morphological traits of flowers or putative pollinating animals.
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Seasonal Variation in Flower Traits, Visitor Traits, and Reproductive Success of Solanum sisymbriifolium Lamarck (Solanaceae) in the Rarh Region of West Bengal, India [PDF]
BiologyThe wild tomato (Solanum sisymbriifolium) is a globally distributed shrubby weed with both negative and positive impacts, including its invasive properties and the potential for pharmaceutical and traditional medicinal uses.
Ujjwal Layek +4 more
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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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The large carpenter bee Xylocopa augusti (Hymenoptera: Apidae): new record for Chile [PDF]
, 2013 The large carpenter bee Xylocopa (Neoxylocopa) augusti Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1841, is here recorded for the first time in Chile. This new record increases to four the number of carpenter bees known for the country.
Allendes, Juan L. +2 more
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A gynandromorph of Xylocopa augusti and an unusual record of X. iris from Brazil (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Xylocopini) [PDF]
, 2015 We describe and illustrate for the first time a mixed gynandromorph of Xylocopa(Neoxylocopa) augusti Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Also, we document and discuss a historical specimen of the Old World carpenter bee X. (Copoxyla)
Gonzalez, Victor H. +2 more
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