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Melectini
The Melectini are a tribe of medium- to large-sized apid bees found essentially worldwide. They are brood parasites of the related typical digger bees (Anthophorini) and occasionally visit flowers e.g. in prairie landscapes of the United States.Stephen, W.P.; Bohart, G.E. & Torchio, P.F. (1969): ''The Biology and External Morphology of Bees, With a Synopsis of the Genera of Northwestern America''. Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, OregonPDF fulltext/ref> As in other cuckoo bees, females can be easily distinguished from those of their hosts by the lack of scopae and other pollen-collecting adaptations, as well as lacking prepygidial fimbria and basitibial plates. Their body hair is rather short and on the abdomen lies flat against the exoskeleton. They may, therefore, be difficult at first glance to distinguish from the Nomadinae Nomadinae is a subfamily of bees in the family Apidae. They are known commonly as cuckoo bees. This subfamily is entirely kleptopar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apinae
The Apinae are the subfamily that includes the majority of bees in the family Apidae. It includes the familiar " corbiculate" (pollen basket) bees—bumblebees, honey bees, orchid bees, stingless bees, Africanized bees, and the extinct genus ''Euglossopteryx''. It also includes all but two of the groups (excluding Nomadinae and Xylocopinae) that were previously classified in the family Anthophoridae. Most species in the subfamily (other than honey bees, bumblebees, and stingless bees) are solitary, though several of the tribes are entirely kleptoparasitic, such as the Ericrocidini, Isepeolini, Melectini, Osirini, Protepeolini, and Rhathymini. Behaviors Certain behaviors are known from members of the Apinae that are rarely seen in other bees, including the habit of males forming "sleeping aggregations" on vegetation - several males gathering on a single plant in the evening, grasping a plant with their jaws and resting there through the night (sometimes held in place only by ... [...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] |
Exoskeleton
An exoskeleton (from Greek ''éxō'' "outer" and ''skeletós'' "skeleton") is an external skeleton that supports and protects an animal's body, in contrast to an internal skeleton (endoskeleton) in for example, a human. In usage, some of the larger kinds of exoskeletons are known as " shells". Examples of exoskeletons within animals include the arthropod exoskeleton shared by chelicerates, myriapods, crustaceans, and insects, as well as the shell of certain sponges and the mollusc shell shared by snails, clams, tusk shells, chitons and nautilus. Some animals, such as the turtle, have both an endoskeleton and an exoskeleton. Role Exoskeletons contain rigid and resistant components that fulfill a set of functional roles in many animals including protection, excretion, sensing, support, feeding and acting as a barrier against desiccation in terrestrial organisms. Exoskeletons have a role in defense from pests and predators, support and in providing an attachment framework f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subgenera
In biology, a subgenus (plural: subgenera) is a taxonomic rank directly below genus. In the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, a subgeneric name can be used independently or included in a species name, in parentheses, placed between the generic name and the specific epithet: e.g. the tiger cowry of the Indo-Pacific, ''Cypraea'' (''Cypraea'') ''tigris'' Linnaeus, which belongs to the subgenus ''Cypraea'' of the genus ''Cypraea''. However, it is not mandatory, or even customary, when giving the name of a species, to include the subgeneric name. In the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (ICNafp), the subgenus is one of the possible subdivisions of a genus. There is no limit to the number of divisions that are permitted within a genus by adding the prefix "sub-" or in other ways as long as no confusion can result. Article 4 The secondary ranks of section and series are subordinate to subgenus. An example is ''Banksia'' subg. ''Isostylis'', a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zacosmia
''Zacosmia'' is a genus of digger and 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 is one described species in ''Zacosmia'', ''Z. maculata''. References Further reading * External links * Apinae Articles created by Qbugbot {{Apinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thyreus
''Thyreus'' is an Old World genus of bees, one of many that are commonly known as cuckoo bees, and are cleptoparasites of other species of bees, mostly in the genus ''Amegilla ''Amegilla'' is a large genus of bees in the tribe Anthophorini. Several species have blue metallic bands on the abdomen, and are referred to as "blue-banded bees" and "digger bees". One of their names in english, "digger bees" is given to them ...''. They all have strongly contrasting patterns of coloration - three species from the Sydney region, '' Thyreus nitidulus'', '' T. lugubris'', and '' T. caeruleopunctatus'' are bright blue and black. Species * '' Thyreus abdominalis'' (Friese, 1905) * '' Thyreus abyssinicus'' (Radoszkowski, 1873) * '' Thyreus affinis'' (Morawitz, 1874) * '' Thyreus africana'' (Radoszkowski, 1893) * '' Thyreus aistleitneri'' Straka & Engel, 2012 * '' Thyreus albolateralis'' (Cockerell, 1919) * '' Thyreus albomaculatus'' (DeGeer, 1778) * '' Thyreus alfkeni'' (Brauns, 1909) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melecta
''Melecta'' is a genus of digger-cuckoo bees in the family Apidae. There are at least 50 described species in ''Melecta''. Species These 55 species belong to the genus ''Melecta'': * '' Melecta aegyptiaca'' Radoszkowski, 1876 * '' Melecta albifrons'' (Forster, 1771) * '' Melecta alcestis'' Lieftinck, 1980 * '' Melecta alexanderi'' Griswold & Parker, 1999 * '' Melecta amanda'' Lieftinck, 1980 * '' Melecta angustilabris'' Lieftinck, 1980 * '' Melecta assimilis'' Radoszkowski, 1876 * '' Melecta atripes'' Morawitz, 1895 * '' Melecta atroalba'' (Lieftinck, 1972) * '' Melecta baeri'' Radoszkowski, 1865 * '' Melecta bohartorum'' Linsley, 1939 * '' Melecta brevipila'' Lieftinck, 1980 * '' Melecta canariensis'' Lieftinck, 1958 * '' Melecta candiae'' Strand, 1915 * '' Melecta candida'' Lieftinck, 1980 * ''Melecta caroli'' Lieftinck, 1958 * ''Melecta chalybeia'' (Lieftinck, 1972) * ''Melecta chinensis'' Cockerell, 1931 * ''Melecta corpulenta'' Morawitz, 1875 * ''Melecta curvispina'' Liefti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brachymelecta
''Brachymelecta'' is a genus of digger-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 ..., formerly (until 2021) known by the name ''Xeromelecta''.Onuferko, Thomas M., Packer, Laurence, Genaro, Julio A. (2021): ''Brachymelecta'' Linsley, 1939, previously the rarest North American bee genus, was described from an aberrant specimen and is the senior synonym for ''Xeromelecta'' Linsley, 1939. European Journal of Taxonomy 754: 1-51, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.754.1393 Species * '' Brachymelecta alayoi'' Michener, 1988 * '' Brachymelecta californica'' (Cresson, 1878) * '' Brachymelecta haitensis'' (Michener, 1948) * '' Brachymelecta interrupta'' (Cresson, 1872) * '' Brachymelecta larreae'' (Cockerell, 1900) * '' Brachymelecta tibialis'' (Fabri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
