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Biology of the bee Hoplitis (Hoplitis) monstrabilis Tkalcu̇ and descriptions of its egg and larva (Megachilidae, Megachilinae, Osmiini)

by: Rozen, Jerome G., (Jerome George)

Publication date: 2009

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Topics: Hoplitis monstrabilis, Nests, Eggs, Larvae, Bees, Insects, Hoplitis monstrabilis -- Nests, Hoplitis monstrabilis -- Eggs, Hoplitis monstrabilis -- Larvae, Bees -- Nests -- Turkey, Bees -- Eggs -- Turkey, Bees -- Larvae -- Turkey, Insects -- Nests -- Turkey, Insects -- Eggs -- Turkey, Insects -- Larvae -- Turkey, Insects -- Turkey, Insects, Larvae, Insects

Publisher: New York, NY : American Museum of Natural History

Collection: americanmuseumnaturalhistory; biodiversity

Contributor: American Museum of Natural History Library

Language: English

Rights: http://biodiversitylibrary.org/permissions

Rights-holder: American Museum of Natural History Library

Volume: no. 3645

12 p. : 26 cm

Herein we describe the nesting biology of the solitary ground-nesting bee Hoplitis (Hoplitis) monstrabilis Tkalců from eastern Turkey. Its shallow nests in the ground differ from the known nests of members of subgenus Hoplitis, most of which make mortar and pebble nests either on the exposed surfaces of rocks or within stems or other cavities. Cells are not lined with flower petals or other vegetative tissue, as expected for subgenus Hoplitis, but unlike other ground-nesting species of Hoplitis belonging to other subgenera such as Anthocopa. The egg of this bee is also described and illustrated, as is the fifth (last) larval instar

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"June 25, 2009."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 11-12)

Abstract: Herein we describe the nesting biology of the solitary ground-nesting bee Hoplitis (Hoplitis) monstrabilis Tkalců from eastern Turkey. Its shallow nests in the ground differ from the known nests of members of subgenus Hoplitis, most of which make mortar and pebble nests either on the exposed surfaces of rocks or within stems or other cavities. Cells are not lined with flower petals or other vegetative tissue, as expected for subgenus Hoplitis, but unlike other ground-nesting species of Hoplitis belonging to other subgenera such as Anthocopa. The egg of this bee is also described and illustrated, as is the fifth (last) larval instar.