Nest structure, associated parasites and morphology of mature larvae of two European species of Pseudoanthidium Friese, 1898 (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae)

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Alternative codes found

RIV/60076658:12310/22:43905073 RIV/00216208:11120/22:43924018

Result on the web

<a href="https://jhr.pensoft.net/article/87215/" target="_blank" >https://jhr.pensoft.net/article/87215/</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.92.87215" target="_blank" >10.3897/jhr.92.87215</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Nest structure, associated parasites and morphology of mature larvae of two European species of Pseudoanthidium Friese, 1898 (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae)

Original language description

The bee genus Pseudoanthidium is represented by nine species in Europe. Of these nine species, Pseudoan-thidium nanum is the most widespread, occurs mainly in xerothermic open habitats and creates nests in various cavity types. In this study, we provide information on the nest structure of this species in reed stalks and oak galls and about its parasitic species. We provide the first report of P. nanum as a host of Xy-lophrurus augustus (Ichneumonidae). The biology of the much rarer related species Pseudoanthidium tenel-lum is described here for the first time. This species occurs in terrestrial reed beds and wet meadows with the presence of reed galls and flowering plants in the family Asteraceae and is rare throughout its entire distribution area. This species nests inside reed galls induced by Lipara frit flies, and the nest structure is very similar to that of P. nanum. We report new parasitic species of this bee, namely, the cuckoo bee Stelis punctulatissima, the predator-inquiline Gasteruption nigrescens and two parasitoids, Leucospis biguetina and Miltogramma punctata. This bee collects pollen mainly from wetland plants in Bidens and Pulicaria. We also describe mature larvae of both species. The larvae do not differ greatly from one another; only the shape of mandibles and sclerotisation of mouthparts are slightly different. Further research should address the ecological requirements of P. tenellum, a poorly understood reed gall inquiline.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10616 - Entomology

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

Journal of Hymenoptera research

ISSN

1070-9428

e-ISSN

1314-2607

Volume of the periodical

92

Issue of the periodical within the volume

August

Country of publishing house

BG - BULGARIA

Number of pages

19

Pages from-to

285-303

UT code for WoS article

000859225000002

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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