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Provedor de dados: | 104
País: | Brazil
Título: | Nesting biology of Centris (Hemisiella) tarsata Smith (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Centridini)
Autores: | Aguiar,Cândida M. L.; Garófalo,Carlos A.
Data: | 2004-09-01
Ano: | 2004
Palavras-chave: | Monitoring; Nest structure; Solitary bees; South American dry forests; Trap-nests.
Resumo: | Nests of Centris tarsata Smith, 1874 were obtained from trap-nests in areas of dry semi-deciduous forest (Baixa Grande) and caatinga (Ipirá), in the State of Bahia. Nesting occurred in bamboo canes and in tubes of black cardboard with 5.8 cm (= small tube) and 10.5 cm (= large tube) in length and 0.6 and 0.8 cm in diameter, respectively. In both areas C. tarsata nested during the wet season producing four generations in Baixa Grande and three generations in Ipirá. The immatures of one generation underwent diapause at both sites. The bees constructed their nests with a mixture of sand and oil. In general, the cells were elongated and arranged in linear series with its opening pointing towards the nest entrance. Completed nests had two to three cells in small tubes, one to seven cells in large tubes, and two to 13 cells in bamboo canes. The nest plug resembled an uncompleted cell and was externally covered with oil. The cells were provisioned with pollen, oil, and nectar. Nests were parasitized by Mesocheira bicolor (Fabricius, 1804) (Hymenoptera: Apidae) and other not identify bee species.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-81752004000300009
Editor: | Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia
Relação: | 10.1590/S0101-81752004000300009
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Revista Brasileira de Zoologia  v.21 n.3 2004
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess