-
solitary nesting.
Several genera and
species of
halictids are
kleptoparasites of
other bees (mostly
other halictids or bees of
similar size). The
behavior has...
- in 1966 by
Suzanne Batra, who used it to
describe nesting behavior in
Halictid bees, on a
scale of subsocial/solitary, colonial/communal, semisocial,...
-
their native areas,
their traditional pollinators (probably a
species of
halictid bee) did not move with them. The
trait of self-fertility
became an advantage...
-
appears to have
originated from at
least three independent origins in
halictid bees. The most
advanced of
these are
species with
eusocial colonies; these...
- potentillae.
Pollinators include mason bees,
small carpenter bees,
cuckoo bees,
halictid bees,
syrphid flies,
tachinid flies, blow flies, and others. Less common...
-
Scopa of a
Halictid bee; the
entire hind leg and
abdomen carry pollen...
- and some
similarity in wing venation; they can be
easily separated from
halictids by the
mouthparts (with a long glossa) and the
hindwings (with a tiny...
-
Extinct in the wild (EW): 1
species Critically endangered (CR): 195
species Endangered (EN): 343
species Vulnerable (VU): 608
species Near threatened...
-
Extinct in the wild (EW): 1
species Critically endangered (CR): 195
species Endangered (EN): 343
species Vulnerable (VU): 608
species Near threatened...
- wedge-shaped
beetle with
parasitoid larvae. R.
fasciatus likely parasitizes Halictid bees; all
Ripiphorus parasitize ground-nesting bees. R.
fasciatus has clear...
