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Holcopasites Insoletus
''Holcopasites'' is a genus of cuckoo bees in 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 .... There are at least 20 described species in ''Holcopasites''. Species References Further reading * * * Nomadinae Bee genera {{Nomadinae-stub Taxa named by William Harris Ashmead Hymenoptera genera ... [...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] |
Holcopasites Insoletus
''Holcopasites'' is a genus of cuckoo bees in 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 .... There are at least 20 described species in ''Holcopasites''. Species References Further reading * * * Nomadinae Bee genera {{Nomadinae-stub Taxa named by William Harris Ashmead Hymenoptera genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bee Genera
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 superfamily Apoidea. They are presently considered a clade, called Anthophila. There are over 16,000 known species of bees in seven recognized biological families. Some speciesincluding honey bees, bumblebees, and stingless beeslive socially in colonies while most species (>90%)including mason bees, carpenter bees, leafcutter bees, and sweat beesare solitary. Bees are found on every continent except Antarctica, in every habitat on the planet that contains insect-pollinated flowering plants. The most common bees in the Northern Hemisphere are the Halictidae, or sweat bees, but they are small and often mistaken for wasps or flies. Bees range in size from tiny stingless bee species, whose workers are less than long, to ''Megachile pluto'', the large ... [...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] |
Holcopasites Tegularis
''Holcopasites'' is a genus of cuckoo bees in the family Apidae. There are at least 20 described species in ''Holcopasites''. Species References Further reading * * * Nomadinae Bee genera {{Nomadinae-stub Taxa named by William Harris Ashmead Hymenoptera genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holcopasites Stevensi
''Holcopasites stevensi'' is a species of cuckoo bee in the family Apidae. It is found in Central America and North America. References Further reading * External links * Nomadinae Articles created by Qbugbot Insects described in 1915 {{Nomadinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holcopasites Ruthae
''Holcopasites'' is a genus of cuckoo bees in 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 .... There are at least 20 described species in ''Holcopasites''. Species References Further reading * * * Nomadinae Bee genera {{Nomadinae-stub Taxa named by William Harris Ashmead Hymenoptera genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holcopasites Rozeni
''Holcopasites'' is a genus of cuckoo bees in 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 .... There are at least 20 described species in ''Holcopasites''. Species References Further reading * * * Nomadinae Bee genera {{Nomadinae-stub Taxa named by William Harris Ashmead Hymenoptera genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holcopasites Pulchellus
''Holcopasites'' is a genus of cuckoo bees in 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 .... There are at least 20 described species in ''Holcopasites''. Species References Further reading * * * Nomadinae Bee genera {{Nomadinae-stub Taxa named by William Harris Ashmead Hymenoptera genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holcopasites Minimus
''Holcopasites minimus'' is a species of cuckoo bee in the family Apidae. It is found in Central America and North America. References Further reading * Nomadinae Articles created by Qbugbot Insects described in 1943 {{Nomadinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holcopasites Linsleyi
''Holcopasites'' is a genus of cuckoo bees in 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 .... There are at least 20 described species in ''Holcopasites''. Species References Further reading * * * Nomadinae Bee genera {{Nomadinae-stub Taxa named by William Harris Ashmead Hymenoptera genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holcopasites Jerryrozeni
''Holcopasites'' is a genus of cuckoo bees in 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 .... There are at least 20 described species in ''Holcopasites''. Species References Further reading * * * Nomadinae Bee genera {{Nomadinae-stub Taxa named by William Harris Ashmead Hymenoptera genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
