The bee Svastra sabinensis : nesting biology, mature oocyte, postdefecating larva, and association with Triepeolus penicilliferus (Apidae, Apinae, Eucerini and Nomadinae, Epeolini)

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Series: American Museum novitates, no. 3850

By

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

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Book

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Published material

Publication info

New York, NY American Museum of Natural History [2016]

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Information on the nesting biology of the large, ground-nesting, communal eucerine Svastra (Epimelissodes) sabinensis sabinensis (Cockerell) from Arizona is added to a previous account (Rozen, 1983). Details of nest size, location, depth, and structure are reported. Mature oocytes dissected from females are illustrated and described. Further information on its cocoon is presented and interpreted with respect to how it functions. The postdefecating larva is described and compared with that of S. o. obliqua (Say), the only other Svastra larva described to date. The association of this bee with Triepeolus penicilliferus (Brues) is further confirmed with the recovery of an immature larva of this cleptoparasite from one of the nest cells.

Subjects

Arizona , Bees , Cochise County , Cocoons , Insects , Larvae , Nests , Parasites , Svastra , Svastra sabinensis sabinensis , Triepeolus penicilliferus

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.3850 2016

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1206/3850.1
OCLC: 939560180