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| Cunha,Rodrigo da; Blochtein,Betina. |
| A study of the life history of the solitary bee Monoeca xanthopyga, was conducted at the Araucária Plateau, at the state of Rio Grande do Sul. The study focused the seasonality, sexual behavior, females activity during nest building, the exploited plant resources and the associated parasitoids. Three nest aggregations of M. xanthopyga built in clay soil with few plant cover or none at all, were studied on the Parque Nacional dos Aparados da Serra, located in Cambará do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul State. The nests were randomly distributed in areas up to eight square meters in size and reach a maximum density of 57 nests per square meter. The only one generation occurred from January to April. The immature stayed in diapausa in the prepupa stage during eight to... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Floral rewards; Monoeca xanthopyga; Nest aggregations; Parasitoids; Reproductive behavior; Seasonality; Tapinotaspidini. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-81752003000100013 |
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