-
parasitize bees in
families different from
their own, like Townsendiella, a
nomadine apid, one
species of
which is a
kleptoparasite of the
melittid genus Hesperapis...
- rule".
Others parasitize bees in
different families, like Townsendiella, a
nomadine apid, two
species of
which are
cleptoparasites of the
dasypodaid genus...
-
revealed by
morphometric and
phylogenetic analysis of a
Paleocene fossil nomadine (Hymenoptera: Apidae)".
Systematic Entomology. 42 (3): 543–554. Bibcode:2017SysEn...
- the host female, and
kills the host larva. The first-instar
larvae of
nomadines are
specially adapted for this, and
possess long
mandibles they use to...
- Andrenidae, Melittidae, Halictidae, and Apidae. As is the case for
other nomadines, this
behavior violates “Emery’s rule”
which states that
social parasites...
-
revealed by
morphometric and
phylogenetic analysis of a
Paleocene fossil nomadine (Hymenoptera: Apidae)".
Systematic Entomology. 42 (3): 543–554. doi:10...
