Morphological, colour and behavioural mimicry of cuckoo bees by the hoverfly Eumerus tricolor (Fabricius) (Diptera: Syrphidae)

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Morphological, colour and behavioural mimicry of cuckoo bees by the hoverfly Eumerus tricolor (Fabricius) (Diptera: Syrphidae)

Original language description

The hoverfly Eumerus tricolor (Fabricius) is morphologically very similar to the females of cuckoo bees of the genus Sphecodes Latreille and it was observed in two localities in central (Čertoryje NNR, Czech Republic) and south (Kladhas, Greece) Europe together with parasitising females of these cuckoo bees on nest sites of their bee hosts of the genus Lasioglossum Curtis. Females of E. tricolor were sitting on the ground, slowly flying low over the ground and walking on the nesting site, which can be interpreted as Batesian mimicry of Sphecodes. This species is the only European hoverfly of this genus coloured very similarly to Sphecodes and it also prefers warm and sunny hilly slopes and/or rocky steppes, where Sphecodes cuckoo bees are often abundant. Within the red and black coloured hoverflies, E. tricolor is the only species showing this behaviour and using not only the mimicry of general appearance but also behavioural mimicry.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

EG - Zoology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Entomologica Fennica

ISSN

0785-8760

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

27

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

FI - FINLAND

Number of pages

6

Pages from-to

133-138

UT code for WoS article

000386864900003

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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