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Ammobatini
Ammobatini is a tribe of cuckoo bees in the family Apidae. There are about 8 genera and more than 130 described species in Ammobatini. Genera These eight genera belong to the tribe Ammobatini: * '' Ammobates'' Latreille, 1809 * ''Chiasmognathus ''Chiasmognathus'' is a genus of bees belonging to the family Apidae. The species of this genus are found in Africa, Middle East, South Asia, and small range of Europe. Species: *''Chiasmognathus aegyptiacus'' *''Chiasmognathus aturksvenicus' ...'' Engel, 2006 * '' Melanempis'' Saussure, 1890 * '' Oreopasites'' Cockerell, 1906 * '' Parammobatodes'' Popov, 1931 * '' Pasites'' Jurine, 1807 * '' Sphecodopsis'' Bischoff, 1923 * '' Spinopasites'' Warncke, 1983 References Further reading * External links * Nomadinae Articles created by Qbugbot {{Nomadinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nomadinae
Nomadinae is a subfamily of bees in the family Apidae. They are known commonly as cuckoo bees. This subfamily is entirely kleptoparasitic. They occur worldwide, and use many different types of bees as hosts. As parasites, they lack a pollen-carrying scopa, and are often extraordinarily wasp-like in appearance. All known species share the behavioral trait of females entering host nests when the host is absent, and inserting their eggs into the wall of the host cell; the larval parasite emerges later, after the cell has been closed by the host female, and kills the host larva. The first-instar larvae of nomadines are specially adapted for this, and possess long mandibles they use to kill the host larva, though these mandibles are lost as soon as the larva molts to the second instar, at which point it simply feeds on the pollen/nectar provisions. A behavioral habit shared by adults of various genera with males of many other bee species, who also do not possess a nest to return to, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sphecodopsis
''Sphecodopsis'' is a genus of cleptoparasitic "cuckoo" bees in the family Apidae. Endemic to southern Africa, the wasp-like bees of this genus are generally small, varying from in length, and mostly black, with orange-ish or reddish colouring of the metasoma in some of the species. The bee genus '' Scrapter'' is recognised as a host for the cleptoparasitic life cycle of some ''Sphecodopsis'', but further data regarding preferred hosts is not available for most of the species. Taxonomy German entomologist Hans Bischoff first described the genus in 1923 in the work "Kenntnis afrikanischer Schmarotzerbienen", published in the ''Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift''. The genus name is Greek for "wasp-like", with "spheco-" meaning wasp. Of the fourteen currently recognised species, several of them were originally described under a different genus and have subsequently been included in ''Sphecodopsis''. Some of the species in the genus are generally still poorly defined, owing t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apidae
Apidae is the largest family within the superfamily Apoidea, containing at least 5700 species of bees. The family includes some of the most commonly seen bees, including bumblebees and honey bees, but also includes stingless bees (also used for honey production), carpenter bees, orchid bees, cuckoo bees, and a number of other less widely known groups. Taxonomy In addition to its historical classification (honey bees, bumble bees, stingless bees and orchid bees), the family Apidae presently includes all the genera formerly placed in the families Anthophoridae and Ctenoplectridae. Although the most visible members of Apidae are social, the vast majority of apid bees are solitary, including a number of cleptoparasitic species. The old family Apidae contained four tribes (Apinae: Apini, Euglossini and Bombinae: Bombini, Meliponini) which have been reclassified as tribes of the subfamily Apinae, along with all of the former tribes and subfamilies of Anthophoridae and the former f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuckoo Bee
The term cuckoo bee is used for a variety of different bee lineages which have evolved the kleptoparasitism, kleptoparasitic behaviour of laying their eggs in the nests of other bees, reminiscent of the behavior of cuckoo birds. The name is perhaps best applied to the apidae, apid subfamily Nomadinae, but is commonly used in Europe to mean bumblebees ''List of bumblebee species, Bombus'' subgenus ''Psithyrus''. Females of cuckoo bees are easy to recognize in almost all cases, as they lack pollen collecting structures (the scopa (biology), scopa) and do not construct their own nests. They often have reduced body hair, abnormally thick and/or heavily sculptured exoskeleton, and saber-like mandible (insect), mandibles, although this is not universally true; other less visible changes are also common. They typically enter the nests of pollen-collecting species, and lay their eggs in cells provisioned by the host bee. When the cuckoo bee larva hatches it consumes the host larva's pollen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ammobates
''Ammobates'' is a genus of insects belonging to the family Apidae Apidae is the largest family within the superfamily Apoidea, containing at least 5700 species of bees. The family includes some of the most commonly seen bees, including bumblebees and honey bees, but also includes stingless bees (also used for .... The species of this genus are found in Europe, Africa and South America. Species: * '' Ammobates ancylae'' (Warncke, 1983) * '' Ammobates armeniacus'' (Morawitz, 1876) * '' Ammobates arsinoe'' (Engel, 2009) * '' Ammobates assimilis'' (Warncke, 1983) * '' Ammobates atrorufus'' (Warncke, 1983) * '' Ammobates aurantiacus'' (Popov, 1951) * '' Ammobates auster'' (Eardley, 1997) * '' Ammobates baueri'' (Warncke, 1983) * '' Ammobates biastoides'' (Friese, 1895) * '' Ammobates buteus'' (Warncke, 1983) * '' Ammobates carinatus'' (Morawitz, 1872) * '' Ammobates chinospilus'' (Baker, 1974) * '' Ammobates cinnamomeus'' (Engel, 2008) * '' Ammobates cockerelli'' (Popov, 1951) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiasmognathus
''Chiasmognathus'' is a genus of bees belonging to the family Apidae. The species of this genus are found in Africa, Middle East, South Asia, and small range of Europe. Species: *''Chiasmognathus aegyptiacus'' *''Chiasmognathus aturksvenicus'' *''Chiasmognathus batelkai'' *''Chiasmognathus gussakovskii'' *''Chiasmognathus nearchus'' *''Chiasmognathus orientanus'' *''Chiasmognathus pashupati'' *''Chiasmognathus riftensis'' *''Chiasmognathus sabaicus'' *''Chiasmognathus saheliensis'' *''Chiasmognathus scythicus'' *''Chiasmognathus taprobanicola'' References Apidae Hymenoptera genera {{Apidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melanempis
''Melanempis'' is a genus of bees belonging to the family Apidae. All of the species of this genus are endemic species of Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa .... ''Melanempis atra'' was described by Saussure in 1890, the remains four species were discovered by Brooks & Pauly in 2001. Species: *'' Melanempis atra'' *'' Melanempis eremnochlora'' *'' Melanempis fulva'' *'' Melanempis scoliiformis'' *'' Melanempis seyrigi'' References Apidae Hymenoptera genera {{Apidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oreopasites
''Oreopasites'' is a genus of cuckoo bees in the family Apidae. There are about 11 described species in ''Oreopasites''. Species These 11 species belong to the genus ''Oreopasites'': * '' Oreopasites albinota'' Linsley, 1941 * '' Oreopasites arizonica'' Linsley, 1941 * '' Oreopasites barbarae'' Rozen, 1992 (Barbara's oreopasites) * '' Oreopasites collegarum'' Rozen, 1992 * '' Oreopasites euphorbiae'' Cockerell, 1929 * '' Oreopasites favreauae'' Rozen, 1992 * '' Oreopasites hurdi'' Rozen, 1992 * '' Oreopasites linsleyi'' Rozen, 1992 * '' Oreopasites powelli'' Rozen, 1992 * '' Oreopasites scituli'' Cockerell, 1906 * '' Oreopasites vanduzeei'' Cockerell, 1925 References Further reading * Nomadinae Articles created by Qbugbot {{Nomadinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parammobatodes
''Parammobatodes'' is a genus of bees Bees are winged insects closely related to wasps and ants, known for their roles in pollination and, in the case of the best-known bee species, the western honey bee, for producing honey. Bees are a monophyletic lineage within the superfamil ... belonging to the family Apidae. The species of this genus are found in Middle East, Europe, and South Asia. Species: *'' Parammobatodes craterus'' *'' Parammobatodes indicus'' *'' Parammobatodes maroccanus'' *'' Parammobatodes minutus'' *'' Parammobatodes nuristanus'' *'' Parammobatodes rozeni'' References Apidae Hymenoptera genera {{Apidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pasites
''Pasites'' is a genus of bees Bees are winged insects closely related to wasps and ants, known for their roles in pollination and, in the case of the best-known bee species, the western honey bee, for producing honey. Bees are a monophyletic lineage within the superfamil ... belonging to the family Apidae. The species of this genus are found in Europe, Western Asia and Africa. Species: *'' Pasites appletoni'' *'' Pasites barkeri'' *'' Pasites bicolor'' *'' Pasites braunsi'' *'' Pasites carnifex'' *'' Pasites curiosus'' *'' Pasites dichrous'' *'' Pasites dimidiata'' *'' Pasites esakii'' *'' Pasites friesei'' *'' Pasites gnomus'' *'' Pasites histrio'' *'' Pasites humectus'' *'' Pasites jenseni'' *'' Pasites jonesi'' *'' Pasites maculates'' *'' Pasites maculatus'' *'' Pasites namibiensis'' *'' Pasites nilssoni'' *'' Pasites paulyi'' *'' Pasites rufipes'' *'' Pasites somalicus'' *'' Pasites tegularis'' References {{Taxonbar, from=Q4046512 Apidae [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
