Females of Tapinotaspoides, a genus in the oil-collecting bee tribe Tapinotaspidini, collect secretions from non-floral trichomes (Hymenoptera, Apidae)

Revista Brasileira de Entomologia

Gabriel A. R. Melo²  Maria Cristina Gaglianone¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Federal do Paraná Departamento de Zoologia Curitiba PR ,Brazil

关键词: Apoidea;    foraging behavior;    glandular trichomes;    Lipids;    Apoidea;    forrageamento;    Lipídeos;    tricomas glandulares;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0085-56262005000100022

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Harvesting of secretions from non-floral trichomes by females of Tapinotaspoides serraticornis is reported for the first time. The females exhibit a type of mopping behavior using the fringes of long, wavy setae along the posterior margins of their metasomal sterna. Our observations indicated a wide range of host plants used as sources for these secretions, including Waltheria (Sterculiaceae), Tibouchina (Melastomataceae), Sida (Malvaceae), Jacquemontia (Convolvulaceae), and unidentified species of Commelinaceae and Cyperaceae.

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