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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] |
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 fam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nomada Fulvicornis
With over 850 species, the genus ''Nomada'' is one of the largest genera in the family Apidae, and the largest genus of kleptoparasitic "cuckoo bees." Kleptoparasitic bees are so named because they enter the nests of a host and lay eggs there, stealing resources that the host has already collected. The name "''Nomada''" is derived from the Greek word ''nomas ( νομάς''), meaning "roaming" or "wandering." ''Nomada'' parasitize many different types of bees as hosts, primarily the genus ''Andrena,'' but also '' Agapostemon, Melitta, Eucera'' and '' Exomalopsis''. As parasites, they lack a pollen-carrying scopa, and are mostly hairless, as they do not collect pollen to feed their offspring. Like non-parasitic bees, adults are known to visit flowers and feed on nectar. Given the lack of scopa and general behavior, they are considered poor pollinators. Appearance and identification They are often extraordinarily wasp-like in appearance, with red, black, and yellow colors preva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Instar
An instar (, from the Latin '' īnstar'', "form", "likeness") is a developmental stage of arthropods, such as insects, between each moult (''ecdysis''), until sexual maturity is reached. Arthropods must shed the exoskeleton in order to grow or assume a new form. Differences between instars can often be seen in altered body proportions, colors, patterns, changes in the number of body segments or head width. After shedding their exoskeleton (moulting), the juvenile arthropods continue in their life cycle until they either pupate or moult again. The instar period of growth is fixed; however, in some insects, like the salvinia stem-borer moth, the number of instars depends on early larval nutrition. Some arthropods can continue to moult after sexual maturity, but the stages between these subsequent moults are generally not called instars. For most insect species, an ''instar'' is the developmental stage of the larval forms of holometabolous (complete metamorphism) or nymphal fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epeolus
''Epeolus'' is a genus of cuckoo bees of the tribe Epeolini, the subfamily Nomadinae part of the honey bee family Apidae. They are often known as variegated cuckoo-bees. Biology The species within ''Epeolus'' are medium-sized bees with bright patterns. There are currently approximately 100 species described from throughout the world. All known species of ''Epeolus'' are cleptoparasites of mining bees of the genus ''Colletes''. The female enters the nesting excavated by the female ''Colletes'' bee and lays an egg in an unsealed cell. The ''Epeolus'' larva then consumes the egg of the host bee and then feeds on the pollen the ''Colletes'' bee provisioned the cell with for her offspring. ''Epeolus'' bees may be rather obvious and easily observed in the vicinity of the nesting aggregations of their hosts and often use the same flowers to feed on. ''Colletes'' bees line their nesting cells with a cellophane like covering which they exude from the Dufour's gland to protect the cell fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nomada
With over 850 species, the genus ''Nomada'' is one of the largest genera in the family Apidae, and the largest genus of kleptoparasitic "cuckoo bees." Kleptoparasitic bees are so named because they enter the nests of a host and lay eggs there, stealing resources that the host has already collected. The name "''Nomada''" is derived from the Greek word ''nomas ( νομάς''), meaning "roaming" or "wandering." ''Nomada'' parasitize many different types of bees as hosts, primarily the genus ''Andrena,'' but also '' Agapostemon, Melitta, Eucera'' and '' Exomalopsis''. As parasites, they lack a pollen-carrying scopa, and are mostly hairless, as they do not collect pollen to feed their offspring. Like non-parasitic bees, adults are known to visit flowers and feed on nectar. Given the lack of scopa and general behavior, they are considered poor pollinators. Appearance and identification They are often extraordinarily wasp-like in appearance, with red, black, and yellow colors preva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Triopasites
''Triopasites'' is a genus of cuckoo bees in the family Apidae. There are at least two described species in ''Triopasites''. Species These two species belong to the genus ''Triopasites'': * ''Triopasites penniger'' (Cockerell, 1894) * ''Triopasites spinifera ''Triopasites'' 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 bumblebee ...'' Rozen, 1997 References Further reading * * Nomadinae {{Nomadinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trichonomada
''Trichonomada'' 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 .... The only species in the genus species is ''Trichonomada roigella''; which has subsequently been included in the genus '' Brachynomada''. References Further reading * * External links Nomadinae Monotypic Hymenoptera genera {{Nomadinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paranomada
''Paranomada'' is a genus of cuckoo bees in the family Apidae. There are at least three described species in ''Paranomada''. Species These three species belong to the genus ''Paranomada'': * ''Paranomada californica'' Linsley, 1945 * ''Paranomada nitida'' Linsley & Michener, 1937 * ''Paranomada velutina ''Paranomada velutina'' is a species of cuckoo bee 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 ...'' Linsley, 1939 References Further reading * * External links * Nomadinae Articles created by Qbugbot {{Nomadinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelita (animal)
''Kelita'' is a genus of bees 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 Southern America. Species: * '' Kelita argentina'' Rozen, 1997 * '' Kelita chilensis'' (Friese, 1916) References {{Taxonbar, from=Q14476900 Apidae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brachynomada
''Brachynomada'' 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 about 17 described species in ''Brachynomada''. Species These 17 species belong to the genus ''Brachynomada'': * '' Brachynomada annectens'' (Snelling & Rozen, 1987) * '' Brachynomada argentina'' Holmberg, 1886 * '' Brachynomada bigibbosa'' (Friese, 1908) * '' Brachynomada cearensis'' (Ducke, 1911) * '' Brachynomada chacoensis'' Holmberg, 1886 * '' Brachynomada chica'' (Snelling & Rozen, 1987) * '' Brachynomada grindeliae'' (Cockerell, 1903) * '' Brachynomada margaretae'' (Rozen, 1994) * '' Brachynomada melanantha'' (Linsley, 1939) * '' Brachynomada nimia'' (Snelling & Rozen, 1987) * '' Brachynomada roigella'' (Michener, 1996) * '' Brachynomada roigi'' Roze ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hexepeolus
''Hexepeolus'' 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 two described species in ''Hexepeolus''. Species These two species belong to the genus ''Hexepeolus'': * '' Hexepeolus mojavensis'' * '' Hexepeolus rhodogyne'' Linsley & Michener, 1937 References Further reading * External links * Nomadinae Articles created by Qbugbot {{Nomadinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
