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Ruhuna Journal of Science, 2022 Calotropis gigantea (Giant milkweed) is a medicinal plant native to a few Asian countries including Sri Lanka. However, the plant is considered invasive in countries such as Australia, the USA and Brazil.
W.P.S.N. Wijeweera +3 more
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Bulletin of The Iraq Natural History Museum, 2023 In this study, the genus Xylocopa Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera: Apidae) was revised. There were 4 species registered in our investigations: X. hottentotta Smith, 1854; X. olivieri Lepeletier, 1841; X. pubescens Spinola, 1838 and X. valga Gerstäcker, 1872,
Ghofran Hussein Sahood +2 more
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ZooKeys, 2017 A new species of the carpenter bee genus Xylocopa Latreille (Xylocopinae: Xylocopini) is described and figured from two localities in southern Saudi Arabia. Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) sarawatica Engel, sp. n.
Michael S. Engel +4 more
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Actualidades Biológicas, 2015 Las abejas del género Xylocopa son los polinizadores más eficientes de muchas plantas del género Passiflora, por esta razón, se ha propuesto el uso de "nidos trampa" para aumentar el número de visitas de estos polinizadores.
Mario S Pinilla-Gallego +1 more
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Venom composition and pain-causing toxins of the Australian great carpenter bee Xylocopa aruana
Scientific Reports, 2022 Most species of bee are capable of delivering a defensive sting which is often painful. A solitary lifestyle is the ancestral state of bees and most extant species are solitary, but information on bee venoms comes predominantly from studies on eusocial ...
Nai-Qi Shi +9 more
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Toxicon: X, 2022 Modern venomics is increasing its focus on hymenopterans such as honeybees, bumblebees, parasitoid wasps, ants and true wasps. However solitary bees remain understudied in comparison and the few available venom studies focus on short melittin-like ...
B. V. von Reumont +2 more
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Polarized iridescence of the tropical carpenter bee, Xylocopa latipes
Journal of Comparative Physiology, 2022 The tropical carpenter bee, Xylocopa latipes , has metallic-reflecting, iridescent wings. The wing reflectance spectra for TE- and TM-polarized light depend on the angle of light incidence in a way characteristic for dielectric multilayers.
D. Stavenga, K. Kats, H. Leertouwer
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Detection of Apicystis bombi (Apicomplexa: Neogregarinorida) in carpenter bees of Argentina
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2023 Historically, the neogregarine Apicystis bombi was isolated almost exclusively from bumble bees (Bombus spp.) where it disrupts adipose tissue, increasing hosts’ mortality rates. Records in solitary bees are scarce worldwide. To check for its presence in
Santiago Plischuk +5 more
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Trapped honey bees reduce floral visitation on milkweed flowers. [PDF]
EcologyAbstract Trapped arthropods have been shown to benefit plants in several ways, but few studies have examined the potential costs of arthropod entanglement. Milkweeds (Asclepias spp.) have an unusual pollination system that requires relatively large packets of pollen (pollinia) to become attached to the appendages of insect pollinators and be pulled ...
Jett ID, Yang LH.
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Recursos florales de Amaryllidaceae usados por abejas silvestres en tres ecorregiones de Argentina
Boletín de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánica, 2023 Introducción y objetivos: A fin de detectar patrones de asociaciones entre Amaryllidaceae y abejas (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), se investigó la presencia de polen de Amaryllidaceae silvestres y cultivadas en nidos de abejas silvestres no Apis ...
Favio G. Vossler
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