A new ground-nesting genus of xeromelissine bees from Argentina, and the tribal classification of the subfamily (Hymenoptera, Colletidae). American Museum novitates ; no. 3281

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dc.contributor.authorMichener, Charles D. (Charles Duncan), 1918-2015.en_US
dc.contributor.authorRozen, Jerome G., Jr. (Jerome George), 1928-en_US
dc.date.accessioned2005-10-06T16:47:23Z
dc.date.available2005-10-06T16:47:23Z
dc.date.issued1999en_US
dc.description10 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (p. 10).en_US
dc.description.abstract"A new genus of the bee subfamily Xeromelissinae from Argentina is proposed as Geodiscelis (type species, Geodiscelis megacephala, new species). Geodiscelis possesses a mixture of characters from both of the previously recognized tribes of Xeromelissinae. The tribes Chilicolini and Xeromelissini therefore merge and are no longer recognized, the five genera being united in the subfamily without tribal classification. Prior reports of nests of xeromelissines describe series of cells in burrows in stems or abondoned burrows of beetles in twigs. Geodiscelis, however, nests in loose sand, and cells are isolated at the ends of lateral burrows. It is a probable specialist visitor to flowers of Heliotropium, and its unusual glossa may be related to use of this floral resource"--P. [1].en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2246/3028
dc.languageengen_US
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherNew York, NY : American Museum of Natural Historyen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesAmerican Museum novitates ; no. 3281en_US
dc.subject.lccQL1 .A436 no.3281, 1999en_US
dc.subject.lcshGeodiscelis megacephala.en_US
dc.subject.lcshGeodiscelisen_US
dc.subject.lcshGeodiscelis -- Nests.en_US
dc.subject.lcshXeromelissinaeen_US
dc.subject.lcshXeromelissinae -- Nests.en_US
dc.subject.lcshBees -- Argentina -- San Juan (Province)en_US
dc.subject.lcshBees -- Nests -- Argentina -- San Juan (Province)en_US
dc.subject.lcshInsects -- Argentina -- San Juan (Province)en_US
dc.subject.lcshInsects -- Nests -- Argentina -- San Juan (Province)en_US
dc.subject.lcshHeliotropium curassavicum.en_US
dc.subject.lcshGeodiscelis -- Host plants.en_US
dc.subject.lcshInsect-plant relationships -- Argentina -- San Juan (Province)en_US
dc.titleA new ground-nesting genus of xeromelissine bees from Argentina, and the tribal classification of the subfamily (Hymenoptera, Colletidae). American Museum novitates ; no. 3281en_US
dc.title.alternativeNew xeromelissine beesen_US
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