Investigations on the biologies and immature stages of the cleptoparasitic bee genera Radoszkowskiana and Coelioxys and their Megachile hosts (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Megachilidae, Megachilini) ; American Museum novitates, no. 3573

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dc.contributor.authorRozen, Jerome G., Jr. (Jerome George), 1928-en_US
dc.contributor.authorKamel, Soliman M.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2007-07-10T14:44:29Z
dc.date.available2007-07-10T14:44:29Z
dc.date.issued2007en_US
dc.description43 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (p. 41-43).en_US
dc.description.abstractWe describe for the first time the biology and immature stages (egg, mature larva, and pupa) of the cleptoparasitic bee Radoszkowskiana rufiventris (Spinola) based on fieldwork in Egypt over a 2-year period. The biological information includes egg deposition and hatching, developmental rates, method of killing the host immature, larval feeding, larval defecation, cocoon spinning, and voltinism. We also describe the immature stages and some aspects of the biology of the following: (1) Megachile (Pseudomegachile) nigripes (Spinola), the host of R. rufiventris; (2) Coelioxys (Liothyrapis) decipiens Spinola, another cleptoparasite of M. nigripes; and (3) C. (Allocoelioxys) coturnix PĂ©rez, which attacks the nests of M. (Eutricharaea) minutissima Radoszkowski from the same geographic region. On the basis of the information gained from this study and from a review of pertinent literature, we consider whether Radoszkowskiana and Coelioxys shared a common cleptoparasitic ancestor or whether cleptoparasitism evolved independently in each.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2246/5863
dc.languageengen_US
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherNew York, NY : American Museum of Natural Historyen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesAmerican Museum novitates, no. 3573en_US
dc.subject.lccQL1 .A436 no.3573, 2007en_US
dc.subject.lcshRadoszkowskiana rufiventris -- Behavior.en_US
dc.subject.lcshRadoszkowskiana rufiventris -- Larvaeen_US
dc.subject.lcshCoelioxys -- Behavior.en_US
dc.subject.lcshCoelioxys -- Larvae.en_US
dc.subject.lcshMegachile nigripes -- Larvae.en_US
dc.subject.lcshParasitic insects -- Behavior -- Egypt -- Tall al-KabĹ’ir Region.en_US
dc.subject.lcshBees -- Parasites -- Egypt -- Tall al-KabĹ’ir Region.en_US
dc.subject.lcshHost-parasite relationships.en_US
dc.subject.lcshBehavior evolution.en_US
dc.subject.lcshBees -- Behavior -- Egypt -- Tall al-KabĹ’ir Region.en_US
dc.subject.lcshBees -- Larvae -- Egypt -- Tall al-KabĹ’ir Region.en_US
dc.subject.lcshBees -- Egypt -- Tall al-KabĹ’ir Region.en_US
dc.subject.lcshInsects -- Behavior -- Egypt -- Tall al-KabĹ’ir Region.en_US
dc.subject.lcshInsects -- Larvae -- Egypt -- Tall al-KabĹ’ir Region.en_US
dc.subject.lcshInsects -- Egypt -- Tall al-KabĹ’ir Region.en_US
dc.titleInvestigations on the biologies and immature stages of the cleptoparasitic bee genera Radoszkowskiana and Coelioxys and their Megachile hosts (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Megachilidae, Megachilini) ; American Museum novitates, no. 3573en_US
dc.title.alternativeInvestigations of cleptoparasitic beesen_US
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