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- Title
NESTING BIOLOGY OF THE SOLITARY BEE, MEGACHILE (PSEUDOMEGACHILE) CREUSA BINGHAM (HYMENOPTERA, MEGACHILIDAE).
- Authors
Gupta, Rajiv K.; Naval, R. K.; Charan, S. K.
- Abstract
Nesting biology of Megachile (Pseudomegachile) creusa Bingham (1898) is described including features of nesting site, nest structure and collected larval stages. Female constructed linearly arranged nest chambers using mud mixed with oral secretions, in dry hollow straws of pearl millets. These sticks are commonly used in making roofs of the huts in Rajasthan (India). A brief larval phylogeny of the group follows the taxonomic descriptions of second instar and postdefecating larva. The solitary bee species is quite widely distributed all over northwestern India and significantly visits many cultivated and wild crops.
- Subjects
MEGACHILE; NESTS; PHYLOGENY; BEES; HYMENOPTERA
- Publication
Mellifera, 2003, Vol 3, Issue 5, p43
- ISSN
1302-5821
- Publication type
Article