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Nesting biology of the solitary bee Epicharis albofasciata (Apoidea, Apidae, Centridini)

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

Publication date: 2016

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Topics: Epicharis albofasciata, Nests, Behavior, Mesoplia rufipes, Bees, Parasites, Insects, Epicharis albofasciata -- Nests, Epicharis albofasciata -- Behavior, Bees -- Nests -- Trinidad and Tobago -- Trinidad, Bees -- Behavior -- Trinidad and Tobago -- Trinidad, Bees -- Parasites -- Trinidad and Tobago -- Trinidad, Bees -- Trinidad and Tobago -- Trinidad, Insects -- Nests -- Trinidad and Tobago -- Trinidad, Insects -- Behavior -- Trinidad and Tobago -- Trinidad, Insects -- Parasites -- Trinidad and Tobago -- Trinidad, Insects -- Trinidad and Tobago -- Trinidad, Parasites, 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. 3869

8 pages : 26 cm

This paper describes the extensive nesting site and the nesting behavior of a large population of the solitary, ground-nesting bee Epicharis (Epicharoides) albofasciata Smith, found in Trinidad in association with its cleptoparasite Mesoplia (Mesoplia) rufipes (Perty). In addition to describing nests and their cells, it provides information about provisioning, egg deposition, and larval eclosion

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Abstract: This paper describes the extensive nesting site and the nesting behavior of a large population of the solitary, ground-nesting bee Epicharis (Epicharoides) albofasciata Smith, found in Trinidad in association with its cleptoparasite Mesoplia (Mesoplia) rufipes (Perty). In addition to describing nests and their cells, it provides information about provisioning, egg deposition, and larval eclosion.