Nesting biology of the bee Ashmeadiella holtii and its cleptoparasite, a new species of Stelis (Apoidea, Megachilidae)

Title Variants

Alternative: Biology of Ashmeadiella and Stelis

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Series: American Museum novitates, no. 2900

By

Rozen, Jerome G. Jr. (Jerome George), 1928-

Parker, Frank Downs, 1936-

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, N.Y, American Museum of Natural History, c1987

Notes

Title from caption.

"November 17, 1987."

"The nesting biology of Ashmeadiella (Chilosima) holtii Cockerell is described including: features of nesting site; nest architecture; provisions; and some aspects of development. Unlike other known species in the genus, holtii nests in the ground as did a female of A. (Ashmeadiella) leucozona Cockerell at the same time. A new species of Stelis parasitized nests of A. holtii. It is described and named elongativentris, new species, in an appendix by Frank D. Parker. Its biology is presented including: searching behavior of female; oviposition; larval feeding habits; larval host searching behavior; defecation; and cocoon spinning. First- and last-stage larvae are described taxonomically and compared with other known larvae of kleptoparasitic Anthidiini"--P. [1].

Subjects

Ashmeadiella holtii , Bees , Behavior , Classification , Host-parasite relationships , Insects , Nest building , Nests , Parasites , Parasitic insects , Southwest, New , Stelis elongativentris

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.2900, 1987

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 18700009