Biology of the Solitary Ground-nesting Bee Melitta leporina (Panzer, 1799) (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Melittidae)

Celary, Waldemar

doi:10.2317/0022-8567(2006)79[136:botsgb]2.0.co;2

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“…forming a clade in the genus Melitta; Dellicour et al 2014a), are morphologically and physiologically similar (Celary 2006;Michez & Eardley 2007) and display comparable nesting behaviour (i.e. sharing nesting constraints ;Celary 2006;Nilsson & Alves-dos-Santos 2009) and body size (i.e. similar dispersal and foraging abilities; Zurbuchen et al 2010).…”

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Impact of past climatic changes and resource availability on the population demography of three food‐specialist bees

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Past climate change is known to have strongly impacted current patterns of genetic variation of animals and plants in Europe. However, ecological factors also have the potential to influence demographic history and thus patterns of genetic variation. In this study, we investigated the impact of past climate, and also the potential impact of host plant species abundance, on intraspecific genetic variation in three codistributed and related specialized solitary bees of the genus Melitta with very similar life history traits and dispersal capacities. We sequenced five independent loci in samples collected from the three species. Our analyses revealed that the species associated with the most abundant host plant species (Melitta leporina) displays unusually high genetic variation, to an extent that is seldom reported in phylogeographic studies of animals and plants. This suggests a potential role of food resource abundance in determining current patterns of genetic variation in specialized herbivorous insects. Patterns of genetic variation in the two other species indicated lower overall levels of diversity, and that M. nigricans could have experienced a recent range expansion. Ecological niche modelling of the three Melitta species and their main host plant species suggested a strong reduction in range size during the last glacial maximum. Comparing observed sequence data with data simulated using spatially explicit models of coalescence suggests that M. leporina recovered a range and population size close to their current levels at the end of the last glaciation, and confirms recent range expansion as the most likely scenario for M. nigricans. Overall, this study illustrates that both demographic history and ecological factors may have contributed to shape current phylogeographic patterns.

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Impact of past climatic changes and resource availability on the population demography of three food‐specialist bees

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“…Additional data were reported from the following references: Alfken (1905Alfken ( , 1913, Baker (1965), Baker & Engel (2007), Baldovski (1983), Banaszak (1980Banaszak ( , 1982a, Banaszak & Manole (1987), Banaszak & Wendzonka (2002), Benoist (1928), Celary (2000Celary ( , 2006, Cockerell (1935), Comba & Comba (1991), Dylewska & Noskiewicz (1963), Eardley & Kuhlmann (2006), Elfving (1968), Else (1998), Erlandsson (1960), Friese (1912Friese ( , 1913, Gogala (1991Gogala ( , 1994Gogala ( , 1999, Hedicke (1933Hedicke ( , 1938, Hohmann et al (1993), Jacob-Remacle & Jacob (1988, Kettner & Leclerq (1956), Lecomte & Tirgari (1965), Michener (1981), Móczár (1957), Morawitz (1878Morawitz ( , 1888, , Ornosa & Ortiz-Sánchez (1998), Pagliano (1992), Papp (1965), Peeters et al (1999), Pérez (1890), Petit (1977Petit ( , 1996, Radoszkowski (1891), …”

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“…It is most diversifi ed in the Palaearctic Region (Michener 2000). Celary (2006) described the nesting ecology of M. leporina. Th e female builds its nest in hard, clavey soil.…”

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Monographic revision of the bee genusMelittaKirby 1802 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Melittidae)

Michez

Eardley

2007

Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.)

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Abstract. Bees comprise a monophyletic group of seven families with more than 16000 described species worldwide. Convincing new phylogenetic hypotheses suggest that one of the smallest families, the Melittidae, could be the basal group of the bee clade. Among the 14 melittid genera, the genus Melitta Kirby 1802, is the most widespread and one of the most diverse. Most revisionary studies of Melitta were confi ned to limited geographical areas.

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“…As pollinating agents of these leguminous plants, in order to obtain more benefits from these bee species, efforts should be made to avoid competition with other flower species. Additionally, Melitta species mostly nest in field margins (Celary, 2006). Therefore, in seed-growing areas, field margins, field edges and paths, headlands, fence-lines, and nearby uncultivated patches of lands are important refuges for them.…”

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Distribution data on the family Melittidae (Hymenoptera) of Turkey with considerations about their importance as pollinators

Özbek¹

2014

Turk J Zool

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Biology of the Solitary Ground-nesting Bee Melitta leporina (Panzer, 1799) (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Melittidae)

Cited by 20 publications

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Impact of past climatic changes and resource availability on the population demography of three food‐specialist bees

Impact of past climatic changes and resource availability on the population demography of three food‐specialist bees

Monographic revision of the bee genusMelittaKirby 1802 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Melittidae)

Distribution data on the family Melittidae (Hymenoptera) of Turkey with considerations about their importance as pollinators

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