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A new species of the carpenter bee genus Xylocopa from the Sarawat Mountains in southwestern Saudi Arabia (Hymenoptera, Apidae) [PDF]

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, Abdulaziz S. Alqarni, Mohamed A. Shebl, Javaid Iqbal, Ismael A. Hinojosa-Díaz   +4 more
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Descriptions of new gynandromorphs of Xylocopa augusti Lepeletier (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Xylocopini) from Argentina [PDF]

Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 2022
Gynandromorphs are individuals that display both male and female features throughout the body and are rarely found in nature. We document and describe two new gynandromorphs of the large carpenter bee Xylocopa (Neoxylocopa) augusti reared from a trap ...
Valentín Almada, Pablo José Ramello, Víctor Hugo González, Mariano Lucia   +3 more
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Detection of Apicystis bombi (Apicomplexa: Neogregarinorida) in carpenter bees of Argentina. [PDF]

Int J Parasitol Parasites Wildl, 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
Plischuk S, Quintana S, Fernandez De Landa G, Revainera PD, Haramboure M, Lange CE.   +5 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Isolation of biologically active peptides from the venom of Japanese carpenter bee, Xylocopa appendiculata [PDF]

Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2017
Background Mass spectrometry-guided venom peptide profiling is a powerful tool to explore novel substances from venomous animals in a highly sensitive manner.
Hiroko Kawakami, Shin G. Goto, Kazuya Murata, Hideaki Matsuda, Yasushi Shigeri, Tomohiro Imura, Hidetoshi Inagaki, Tetsuro Shinada   +7 more
doaj   +2 more sources

A NEW SPECIES OF XYLOCOPA (NANOXYLOCOPA) FROM BRAZIL (HYMENOPTERA, APIDAE) [PDF]

Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 2016
Xylocopa bella sp. nov., the second known species of the subgenus Xylocopa (Nanoxylocopa) Hurd & Moure, is newly described from the Espinhaço mountain range, in the state of Minas Gerais, and the Chapada Diamantina, in the state of Bahia, in eastern ...
GABRIEL A.R. MELO
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NEW CASES OF GYNANDROMORPHISM IN XYLOCOPA LATREILLE, 1802 (HYMENOPTERA: APIDAE) [PDF]

Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 2017
Gynandromorphism is the most common case of sexual anomaly reported in bees and is characterized by individuals that show male and female traits simultaneously in the body.
PAULA CAETANO ZAMA, IGOR RISMO COELHO
doaj   +4 more sources

The large carpenter bees of central Saudi Arabia, with notes on the biology of Xylocopa sulcatipes Maa (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Xylocopinae). [PDF]

Zookeys, 2012
The large carpenter bees (Xylocopinae, Xylocopa Latreille) occurring in central Saudi Arabia are reviewed. Two species are recognized in the fauna, Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) aestuans (Linnaeus) and X. (Ctenoxylocopa) sulcatipes Maa.
Hannan MA, Alqarni AS, Owayss AA, Engel MS.   +3 more
europepmc   +7 more sources

Non-bee insects are important contributors to global crop pollination. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2016
Wild and managed bees are well documented as effective pollinators of global crops of economic importance. However, the contributions by pollinators other than bees have been little explored despite their potential to contribute to crop production and ...
Rader R, Bartomeus I, Garibaldi LA, Garratt MP, Howlett BG, Winfree R, Cunningham SA, Mayfield MM, Arthur AD, Andersson GK, Bommarco R, Brittain C, Carvalheiro LG, Chacoff NP, Entling MH, Foully B, Freitas BM, Gemmill-Herren B, Ghazoul J, Griffin SR, Gross CL, Herbertsson L, Herzog F, Hipólito J, Jaggar S, Jauker F, Klein AM, Kleijn D, Krishnan S, Lemos CQ, Lindström SA, Mandelik Y, Monteiro VM, Nelson W, Nilsson L, Pattemore DE, Pereira Nde O, Pisanty G, Potts SG, Reemer M, Rundlöf M, Sheffield CS, Scheper J, Schüepp C, Smith HG, Stanley DA, Stout JC, Szentgyörgyi H, Taki H, Vergara CH, Viana BF, Woyciechowski M.   +51 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

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., Lucia, Mariano, Villamil, Soledad Camila   +2 more
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Status and potential distribution of the Asian carpenter bee, Xylocopa appendiculata Smith (Apidae, Xylocopini), in the United States [PDF]

Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 2020
We update the geographical distribution for Xylocopa appendiculata Smith, from eastern Asia, which was first reported from the United States of America (USA) in 2013. After the publication by Dahlberg et al.
Allan H. Smith-Pardo, Glenn A. Fowler, Sunil Kumar   +2 more
doaj   +3 more sources