The Bee<i>Svastra sabinensis</i>: Nesting Biology, Mature Oocyte, Postdefecating Larva, and Association with<i>Triepeolus penicilliferus</i>(Apidae: Apinae: Eucerini and Nomadinae: Epeolini)

Rozen, Jerome G.

doi:10.1206/3850.1

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“…The substantial number of cells in the case of figure 24 suggests the possible presence of more than one female in the nest. The complexity of the old as well as current cells in figure 26 might indicate the nest was used by more than one generation; such a multigenerational nest has been described for Svastra (Rozen, 2016), some of whose female offspring return to reuse their natal nest, which has already been proven safe, and thereby avoid the effort and time in constructing a long main burrow. With the information on O. austera provided by Sarzetti et al (2014) added, it seems likely that communal nest occupancy and multigenerational nests would seem to be common features in the subfamily.…”

Section: Nesting Biology Of the Oxaeinaementioning

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Nesting Biologies and Mature Larvae of Oxaeine Bees (Apoidea: Andrenidae)

Rozen

2018

American Museum Novitates

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This study encompasses a number of field encounters by the author and others with nests of representatives of three of the four genera of the little-known New World andrenid subfamily Oxaeinae. Species treated include Protoxaea gloriosa Fox, Oxaea flavescens Klug, O. austera Gerstaecker, and Mesoxaea nigerrima (Friese), leaving the nesting biology of only the monotypic genus Notoxaea completely unknown. Nests, all subterranean, are described and diagrammed, and each is reported to consist of a moderately to very deep main burrow with vertical cells occurring at the lower end attached to the main burrow by subhorizontal lateral tunnels, each of which is closed immediately after egg deposition. To the extent known, eggs, mature larvae, and pupae are described. Two known cleptoparasites of the subfamily are reported: Triepeolus kathrynae Rozen, hosted by P. gloriosa, and Thalestria spinosa (Fabricius) (= T. smaragdina Smith), which attacks nests of both O. flavescens and O. austera. The mature larvae of these cleptoparasitic Nomadinae are described and illustrated as an appendix.

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Section: Nesting Biology Of the Oxaeinaementioning

confidence: 99%