The Cactus-Specialist Bees of the Genus Brachyglossula Hedicke (Hymenoptera: Colletidae): Notes on Host Associations and Description of a New Species

Arturo Roig-Alsina; Boris O. Schlumpberger

doi:10.2317/JKES-706.19.1

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1 June 2008 The Cactus-Specialist Bees of the Genus Brachyglossula Hedicke (Hymenoptera: Colletidae): Notes on Host Associations and Description of a New Species

Arturo Roig-Alsina, Boris O. Schlumpberger

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J. of the Kansas Entomological Society, 81(2):84-91 (2008). https://doi.org/10.2317/JKES-706.19.1

Abstract

The pollen-collecting behavior of three species of the South American Andean bee genus Brachyglossula is reported. Species studied are B. martinezi Trucco Alemán, B. communis Trucco Alemán, and B. ancasti Roig Alsina and Schlumpberger, new species. The new species, which is comparatively described and illustrated, inhabits the isolated mountain range of Sierra de Ancasti, in the province of Catamarca, Argentina. Observation of the bees in the field, and pollen counts from scopal loads strongly support specialization of these bees on the Cactaceae. Members of both major cactus subfamilies, the Opuntioideae and the Cactoideae, are frequently visited and represented in the pollen loads.

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Arturo Roig-Alsina and Boris O. Schlumpberger "The Cactus-Specialist Bees of the Genus Brachyglossula Hedicke (Hymenoptera: Colletidae): Notes on Host Associations and Description of a New Species," Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 81(2), 84-91, (1 June 2008). https://doi.org/10.2317/JKES-706.19.1

Accepted: 1 January 2008; Published: 1 June 2008

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