Occupation of active xylocopa virginica nests by the recently invasive megachile sculpturalis in upstate New York

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 384-386

  Laport, Robert G ^a   Minckley, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ENTOMOLOGY; INVASIVE SPECIES; NEST;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

MEGACHILE; XYLOCOPA VIRGINICA;

EID: 84875459448     PISSN: 00228567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2317/0022-8567-85.4.384     Document Type: Article

References (9)

1. Asher, J. S. 2001. Hyleaus hyalinatus Smith, a European bee new to North America, with notes on other adventive bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 103:184-190.
2. Batra, S. W. T. 1998. Biology of the giant resin bee, Megachile sculpturalis Smith, a conspicuous new immigrant in Maryland. Maryland Naturalist 42:1-3.
3. Cane, J. H. 1987. Estimation of Bee Size Using Intertegular Span (Apoidea). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 60:145-147.
4. Hinojosa-Diaz, I. A. 2008. The giant resin bee making its way west: First record in Kansas (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). ZooKeys 1:67-71.
5. Kondo, T., M. L. Williams, and R. L. Minckley. 2000. Giant resin bees! Exotic bee species makes its way from East Coast to Alabama. Alabama Agricultural Experimental Station Highlights of Agricultural Research 27:5-6.
6. Mangum, W. A., and R. W. Brooks. 1997. First records of Megachile (Callomegachile) sculpturalis Smith (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) in the continental United States. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 70:146-148.
7. Mangum, W. A., and S. Sumner. 2003. A survey of the North American Range of Megachile (Callomegachile) sculpturalis, an Adventive Species in North America. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 76:658-662.
8. O'Brien, M. F., and J. Craves. 2008. Megachile sculpturalis Smith-A New Bee for Michigan (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Newsletter of the Michigan Entomological Society 53:4.
9. Paiero, S. M., and M. Buck. 2003. The giant resin bee, Megachile sculpturalis Smith, and other newly introduced and newly recorded native Megachilidae and Andrenidae (Apoidea) from Ontario. Journal of the Entomological Society of Ontario 134:141-143.