Floral oil collection by male Tetrapedia bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Tetrapediini

Apidologie

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 39-50

  Cappellari, Simone C ^a   Melo, Gabriel A R ^b   Aguiar, Antonio J C ^c   Neff, John L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^d Central Texas Melittological Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerrado; Mating; Neotropical; Oil flowers; Oil collecting bees; Solitary bees

Indexed keywords

BEE; CERRADO; ESSENTIAL OIL; FLOWER; FLOWER VISITING; LARVA; LIPID; MALE BEHAVIOR; MORPHOLOGY; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

APIDAE; APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; CENTRIDINI; HYMENOPTERA; TETRAPEDIA;

EID: 84856661253     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13592-011-0072-2     Document Type: Article

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