Nesting biology, immature stages, and phylogenetic placement of the Palaearctic bee Pararhophites (Hymenoptera, Apoidea). American Museum novitates ; no. 2903

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1987

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

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"The following subjects are described for the bee Pararhophites orobinus (Morawetz) from Pakistan: nest architecture, egg deposition, development, larval behavior, cocoon construction, floral relationships, and nest provisions. The authors present a cladistic analysis of the phylogenetic relationships of Pararhophites with other taxa of long-tongued bees using characters of nesting biology and of larval and adult anatomy. The authors agree that Pararhophites probably belongs to the megachilid lineage rather than to the anthophorid/apid line where it has been assigned in the past. McGinley does not make a formal transfer of the genus now because of the unsettled relationships of the families of long-tongued bees; Rozen places Pararhophites in the subfamily Pararhophitinae and places it in the Megachilidae (new subfamily, new placement)"--P. [1].

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21 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 20-21).

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http://hdl.handle.net/2246/5186

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