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Hymenoptera: Philanthinae) Hunting for Different Prey Types
C. R. Biologies 335 (2012) 279–291 Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Comptes Rendus Biologies ww w.sciencedirect.com Animal biology and pathology/Biologie et pathologie animales Antennal sensillar equipment in closely related predatory wasp species (Hymenoptera: Philanthinae) hunting for different prey types E´quipement sensoriel des antennes dans des espe`ces proches de gueˆpes pre´dateurs (Hymenoptera: Philanthinae), qui chassent des proies diffe´rentes a, b a Carlo Polidori *, Alberto Jorge Garcı´a , Jose´ L. Nieves-Aldrey a Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biologı´a Evolutiva, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, C/Jose´ Gutie´rrez Abascal 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain b Laboratorio de Microscopia, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, C/Jose´ Gutie´rrez Abascal 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain A R T I C L E I N F O A B S T R A C T Article history: Despite its potential value in phylogenetic and ecological studies, the morphology of Received 17 November 2011 antennal sensilla has rarely been compared quantitatively within the Apoidea. Here, Accepted after revision 19 March 2012 through a scanning electron microscopy analysis, we provide an inventory of different Available online 24 April 2012 types of antennal sensilla and compare their morphology across 10 species of predatory wasps (Crabronidae: Philanthinae) including species that hunt exclusively either on Keywords: beetles or on bees to feed their larvae. A sensilla-free area was found on the apical Hymenoptera flagellomer of all but two species, and its shape and size appear to be useful for separating Crabronidae Philanthini from Cercerini within the subfamily. A total of eight types of sensilla (sensilla Sensilla size placoidea, sensilla basiconica, two types of pit organs, sensilla coelocapitula and three Comparative morphology types of sensilla trichoidea) were found in all species, and an additional rarer type Prey selection (grooved peg sensilla) was found only in three bee-hunting species and for first time in the genus Cerceris. -
Massively Introduced Managed Species and Their Consequences
Massively Introduced Managed Species and Their Consequences for Plant–Pollinator Interactions Benoît Geslin, Benoit Gauzens, Mathilde Baude, Isabelle Dajoz, Colin Fontaine, Mickaël Henry, Lise Ropars, Orianne Rollin, Elisa Thébault, Nicolas J. Vereecken To cite this version: Benoît Geslin, Benoit Gauzens, Mathilde Baude, Isabelle Dajoz, Colin Fontaine, et al.. Massively Introduced Managed Species and Their Consequences for Plant–Pollinator Interactions. Advances in Ecological Research, Elsevier, 2017, 57, pp.147-199. 10.1016/bs.aecr.2016.10.007. hal-01497637 HAL Id: hal-01497637 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01497637 Submitted on 26 Jun 2018 HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access L’archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est archive for the deposit and dissemination of sci- destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents entific research documents, whether they are pub- scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, lished or not. The documents may come from émanant des établissements d’enseignement et de teaching and research institutions in France or recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires abroad, or from public or private research centers. publics ou privés. Massively Introduced Managed Species and Their Consequences for Plant–Pollinator Interactions B. Geslin*,1, B. Gauzens†, M. Baude{, I. Dajoz§, C. Fontaine¶, M. Henry||, L. Ropars*,§, O. Rollin#,**,E.Thebault §, N.J. Vereecken†† *Institut Me´diterraneen de Biodiversite et d’Ecologie marine et continentale (IMBE-UMR-CNRS-IRD 7263), Equipe Ecologie de la Conservation -
Zootaxa 3460: 1–139 (2012) ISSN 1175-5326 (Print Edition) ZOOTAXA Copyright © 2012 · Magnolia Press Monograph ISSN 1175-5334 (Online Edition)
Zootaxa 3460: 1–139 (2012) ISSN 1175-5326 (print edition) www.mapress.com/zootaxa/ ZOOTAXA Copyright © 2012 · Magnolia Press Monograph ISSN 1175-5334 (online edition) urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:33C824A5-CA6B-47CE-A398-FEA02C64ADC7 ZOOTAXA 3460 A taxonomic revision of the southern African species of dauber bees in the genus Megachile Latreille (Apoidea: Megachilidae) CONNAL EARDLEY Agricultural Research Council, Plant Protection Research Institute, Biosystematics Programme, Private Bag X134, Queenswood 0121, South Africa / School of Biological and Conservation Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Private Bag X01, Scottsville, Pietermaritzburg, 3209, South Africa. [email protected] Magnolia Press Auckland, New Zealand Accepted by C. Rasmussen: 13 Jul. 2012; published: 7 Sept. 2012 CONNAL EARDLEY A taxonomic revision of the southern African species of dauber bees in the genus Megachile Latreille (Apoidea: Megachilidae) (Zootaxa 3460) 139 pp.; 30 cm. 7 Sept. 2012 ISBN 978-1-86977-991-7 (paperback) ISBN 978-1-86977-992-4 (Online edition) FIRST PUBLISHED IN 2012 BY Magnolia Press P.O. Box 41-383 Auckland 1346 New Zealand e-mail: [email protected] http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/ © 2012 Magnolia Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored, transmitted or disseminated, in any form, or by any means, without prior written permission from the publisher, to whom all requests to reproduce copyright material should be directed in writing. This authorization does not extend to any other kind of copying, by any means, in any form, and for any purpose other than private research use. ISSN 1175-5326 (Print edition) ISSN 1175-5334 (Online edition) 2 · Zootaxa 3460 © 2012 Magnolia Press EARDLEY Table of contents Abstract . -
Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) in Cuba
Rey. Biol. Trop., 44(3)/45(1): 193-198, 1996-1997 Key to the genus Megachile, Chalicodoma group (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) in Cuba Julio A. Genaro Museo Nacional de Historia Na:turaI, Obispo #61 esquina a Oficios,Habana Vieja 10100, Cuba. (Rec. 25-VIII-1995. Rey. 26-1-1996. Accep. 15-V-I996) Abstract: The megachilid bees of the Chalicodoma group includes four species in Cuba: Megachilé armaticeps, M. lanata, M. rufipennis and M. torrida. The last three species are adyentiyes while M. atriceps is endemic. An illustrated key to species is included. Key words: Megachilid bees, Megachile. C�licodoma group, key, distribution, nesting behayior. The bees of the Chalicodoma group use with seven groups, including several subgen resins and clay to build, in natural cavities, the era each. The purpose of this study is to offer cells of their nests. Those bees are generally a list of known Cuban species belonging to characterized by having no cutting edges the genus Megachile, in the group between the mandibular teeth of the female Chalicodoma, giving their current systematic (Figs. la-d), and a dorsally strongly convex status, distribution, seasonal occurrence and metasoma, which is more or less parallel-sided. sorne data on their biology. In Cuba, the group is composed of four subgen Studied specimens are from the private col era, with one species each; one, Chelosto lections of P. Alayo and the author, as well as moides is nati ve and the other three, the entomological collections of the Instituto de Callomegachile, Carinula and Pseudome Ecología y Sistemática, Cuba (lES), Museo gachile were introduced from the Old World Nacional de Historia Natural de Cuba; (Mitchell 1980). -
Exploring the Bee Shelters: the Contribution of the Quarry of Fongba (Republic of Benin)
Exploring the bee shelters: the contribution of the quarry of Fongba (Republic of Benin) Final report submitted for the QuarryLife Award Competition 2018 1. Contestant profile . Contestant name: AMAKPE Felicien . Contestant occupation: Forester . University / Organisation Cercle Nature et Developpement (CENAD-NGO) . Number of people in your 3 team: 2. Project overview Title: Exploring the bee shelters: The contribution of the quarry of Fongba, Republic of Benin Contest: (Research/Community) Research Quarry name: Fongba, Republic of Benin Table of content ABSTRACT ................................................................................................................... II 1. INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................... 1 2. MATERIALS AND METHODS ................................................................................ 1 2.1. Study area ..................................................................................................................................................... 1 2.2. Components of the bee shelter .................................................................................................................... 1 2.3. Dynamic factors of the bee habitat ............................................................................................................. 2 2.4. Sampling and data collection ...................................................................................................................... 2 2.4.1. Plant survey -
The Life of the Fly
The Life Of The Fly By J. Henri Fabre The Life Of The Fly CHAPTER I. THE HARMAS This is what I wished for, hoc erat in votis: a bit of land, oh, not so very large, but fenced in, to avoid the drawbacks of a public way; an abandoned, barren, sun scorched bit of land, favored by thistles and by wasps and bees. Here, without fear of being troubled by the passersby, I could consult the Ammophila and the Sphex [two digger or hunting wasps] and engage in that difficult conversation whose questions and answers have experiment for their language; here, without distant expeditions that take up my time, without tiring rambles that strain my nerves, I could contrive my plans of attack, lay my ambushes and watch their effects at every hour of the day. Hoc erat in votis. Yes, this was my wish, my dream, always cherished, always vanishing into the mists of the future. And it is no easy matter to acquire a laboratory in the open fields, when harassed by a terrible anxiety about one's daily bread. For forty years have I fought, with steadfast courage, against the paltry plagues of life; and the long-wished-for laboratory has come at last. What it has cost me in perseverance and relentless work I will not try to say. It has come; and, with it—a more serious condition—perhaps a little leisure. I say perhaps, for my leg is still hampered with a few links of the convict's chain. The wish is realized. -
Surveying for Terrestrial Arthropods (Insects and Relatives) Occurring Within the Kahului Airport Environs, Maui, Hawai‘I: Synthesis Report
Surveying for Terrestrial Arthropods (Insects and Relatives) Occurring within the Kahului Airport Environs, Maui, Hawai‘i: Synthesis Report Prepared by Francis G. Howarth, David J. Preston, and Richard Pyle Honolulu, Hawaii January 2012 Surveying for Terrestrial Arthropods (Insects and Relatives) Occurring within the Kahului Airport Environs, Maui, Hawai‘i: Synthesis Report Francis G. Howarth, David J. Preston, and Richard Pyle Hawaii Biological Survey Bishop Museum Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96817 USA Prepared for EKNA Services Inc. 615 Pi‘ikoi Street, Suite 300 Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96814 and State of Hawaii, Department of Transportation, Airports Division Bishop Museum Technical Report 58 Honolulu, Hawaii January 2012 Bishop Museum Press 1525 Bernice Street Honolulu, Hawai‘i Copyright 2012 Bishop Museum All Rights Reserved Printed in the United States of America ISSN 1085-455X Contribution No. 2012 001 to the Hawaii Biological Survey COVER Adult male Hawaiian long-horned wood-borer, Plagithmysus kahului, on its host plant Chenopodium oahuense. This species is endemic to lowland Maui and was discovered during the arthropod surveys. Photograph by Forest and Kim Starr, Makawao, Maui. Used with permission. Hawaii Biological Report on Monitoring Arthropods within Kahului Airport Environs, Synthesis TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents …………….......................................................……………...........……………..…..….i. Executive Summary …….....................................................…………………...........……………..…..….1 Introduction ..................................................................………………………...........……………..…..….4 -
The Largest Bee in the World
ARTICLEFOUR AussieBee Online THELARGEST Article4 November2001 BEEINTHEWORLD byDrAnneDollin AustralianNativeBeeResearchCentre November2001 N 1859 a massive bee was found in the jungles of Indonesia by the famous naturalist, Alfred Russel Wallace. No further trace was found of it for 120 Iyears and it was believed to be extinct. Then amazingly, Wallace’s long-lost bee was rediscovered. This was Megachile pluto, the world’s largest bee. The First Discovery the island of Bacan in the North black wasp-like insect, with immense Alfred Russel Wallace spent eight Moluccas, Indonesia. So spectacular jaws like a stag-beetle.’ The British years, from 1854 to 1862, exploring had been Wallace’s mammal, bird and Museum entomologist, Frederick the little known wildlife of the Malay insect collections in the region that he Smith, however, had a greater Archipelago (13,000 islands now in barely seemed impressed with this appreciation of this bee’s Malaysia and Indonesia). He collected remarkable bee. In his famous book significance. In his scientific an astonishing 125,660 specimens, about his journey, The Malay description of the bee in 1860 he including 83,200 beetles. Over 1,000 Archipelago (1869), he simply wrote, ‘This species is the giant of of the species he collected were new recorded his discovery as, ‘a large the genus to which it belongs, and to science. is the grandest addition which In 1859 Wallace found a single Wallace has made to our knowledge female of the world’s largest bee on of the family Apidae.’ The female Megachile pluto, shown here in this drawing by Dr H Friese (1911), is covered with velvety black fur but she has a band of white fur on the front part of her abdomen. -
Wasps and Bees in Southern Africa
SANBI Biodiversity Series 24 Wasps and bees in southern Africa by Sarah K. Gess and Friedrich W. Gess Department of Entomology, Albany Museum and Rhodes University, Grahamstown Pretoria 2014 SANBI Biodiversity Series The South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) was established on 1 Sep- tember 2004 through the signing into force of the National Environmental Manage- ment: Biodiversity Act (NEMBA) No. 10 of 2004 by President Thabo Mbeki. The Act expands the mandate of the former National Botanical Institute to include respon- sibilities relating to the full diversity of South Africa’s fauna and flora, and builds on the internationally respected programmes in conservation, research, education and visitor services developed by the National Botanical Institute and its predecessors over the past century. The vision of SANBI: Biodiversity richness for all South Africans. SANBI’s mission is to champion the exploration, conservation, sustainable use, appreciation and enjoyment of South Africa’s exceptionally rich biodiversity for all people. SANBI Biodiversity Series publishes occasional reports on projects, technologies, workshops, symposia and other activities initiated by, or executed in partnership with SANBI. Technical editing: Alicia Grobler Design & layout: Sandra Turck Cover design: Sandra Turck How to cite this publication: GESS, S.K. & GESS, F.W. 2014. Wasps and bees in southern Africa. SANBI Biodi- versity Series 24. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. ISBN: 978-1-919976-73-0 Manuscript submitted 2011 Copyright © 2014 by South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written per- mission of the copyright owners. The views and opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of SANBI. -
Strasbourg, 19 April 2013
Strasbourg, 25 October 2013 T-PVS (2013) 17 [tpvs17e_2013.doc] CONVENTION ON THE CONSERVATION OF EUROPEAN WILDLIFE AND NATURAL HABITATS Group of Experts on the Conservation of Invertebrates Tirana, Albania 23-24 September 2013 ---ooOoo--- REPORT Document prepared by the Directorate of Democratic Governance This document will not be distributed at the meeting. Please bring this copy. Ce document ne sera plus distribué en réunion. Prière de vous munir de cet exemplaire. T-PVS (2013) 17 - 2 - CONTENTS 1. Meeting report ................................................................................................................................... 3 2. Appendix 1: Agenda .......................................................................................................................... 6 3. Appendix 2: List of participants ........................................................................................................ 9 4. Appendix 3: Compilation of National Reports .................................................................................. 10 5. Appendix 4: Draft Recommendation on threats by neurotoxic insecticides to pollinators ................ 75 * * * The Standing Committee is invited to: 1. Take note of the report of the meeting; 2. Thank the Albanian government for the efficient preparation of the meeting and the excellent hospitality; 3. Continue with Bern Convention engagement with invertebrate conservation issues by further encouraging and monitoring national implementation of European Strategy for the Conservation -
On the Hymenoptera Collected by Mr. W. L. Distant in the Transvaal, South Africa, with Descriptions of Supposed New Species
Utah State University DigitalCommons@USU Ba Bee Lab 1-1-1903 On the Hymenoptera collected by Mr. W. L. Distant in the Transvaal, South Africa, with Descriptions of supposed new Species. C. T. Bingham Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/bee_lab_ba Part of the Entomology Commons Recommended Citation Bingham, C. T., "On the Hymenoptera collected by Mr. W. L. Distant in the Transvaal, South Africa, with Descriptions of supposed new Species." (1903). Ba. Paper 208. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/bee_lab_ba/208 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Bee Lab at DigitalCommons@USU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Ba by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@USU. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 46 Lieut.-Colonel 0. T. Bingham on llymenoptera from the Transvaal. Alt ugh these animals are quite interesting, especially the This species is included in the collectio_n _from the ?!·ans shrimp, am afraid that they are of little or no value for the· vaal, although the locality given (l subu) 1s Ill West Atnca. explanatio of the origin of the fauna of the Elephant Lake. Both species ccur in other fresh waters * in the Q.a-rberoons. Synagris mirabilis, Guer. The crab may sily ascend a river, although it ,water should Synagrismii'c,hilis, Guer., Lefebvre, V,oy. A~yss. v~ (1848) p. 359, pl. viii. run somewhats "ftly, and even cataracts ght be avoided fig. 8; Simss. Etud. Fam. · Vesp. 1. (185 ..) P· 8.,, by them in walking,_on land. The sh · p may not have the Seventeen females, nine n)ales (ty~ical), from Pretoria, s~me faculty, h,ut mf ,ftiend Profe _ r Y. -
В. Л. Казенас. Роющие Oсы (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae)
ФАУНА КАЗАХСТАНА т.9 ПЕРЕПОНЧАТОКРЫЛЫЕ (HYMENOPTERA) В.Л.Казенас РОЮЩИЕ ОСЫ (HYMENOPTERA, SPHECIDAE) Выпуск 1 Алматы-1998 МИНИСТЕРСТВО НАУКИ-АКАДЕМИЯ НАУК РЕСПУБЛИКИ КАЗАХСТАН Институт зоологии и генофонда животных ФАУНА КАЗАХСТАНА т.9 ПЕРЕПОНЧАТОКРЫЛЫЕ (HYMENOPTERA) УДК 595.797 (574) В.Л.Казенас РОЮЩИЕ ОСЫ (HYMENOPTERA, SPHECIDAE) Выпуск 1 Общая характеристика семейства. Подсемейства Ampulicinae, Sphecinae Алматы-1998 ОТ АВТОРА Настоящая книга является первой для Казахстана фаунистической сводкой по роющим осам, одному из самых крупных семейств жалящих перепончатокрылых. Помимо определительных таблиц подсемейств, триб, родов и видов Sphecidae, в книге содержатся общие сведения по морфологии, систематике, экологии, зоогеографии и филогении роющих ос, а также характеристики всех таксонов. Определительные таблицы и описания таксонов сопровождаются рисунками таксономических при- знаков. Для каждого вида приводятся синонимы, морфологическое опи- сание имаго, данные по распространению, экологии и биологии. Книга предназначена для энтомологов различных направлений, преподавателей, аспирантов и студентов вузов биологического и сель- скохозяйственного профиля. 1-й выпуск монографии посвящен подсемействам Ampulicinae и Sphecinae, но содержит также общую характеристику семейства в целом. Кроме сведений из литературы, автор использовал результаты собственных исследований, а также коллекционные материалы из Зоо- логического института Российской академии наук, Зоомузея Московско- го государственного университета и некоторых других научных учреж- дений. За постоянную помощь в работе автор выражает сердечную бла- годарность проф. И.Д.Митяеву и проф. В.В.Пулавскому (W.J.Pulawski). За помощь в сборе и обработке материалов и ценные советы автор бла- годарен также В.И.Тобиасу, П.И.Мариковскому, С.Н.Мярцевой, В.Г.Маршакову, Э.Р.Будрису, К.А.Джанокмен, А.В.Антропову, В.Т.Якушкину, А.С.Лелею, Н.В.Курзенко, П.Г.Немкову, Ш.Д.Исламову, Ш.Назаровой, Л.Д.Казенасу, Н.Г.Романенко и многим другим.