First host record for the cleptoparasitic bee Rhathymus friesei Ducke (Hymenoptera, Apidae)

Revista Brasileira de Entomologia

Hugo A. Werneck²  Gabriel A. R. Melo¹  Lucio A. O. Campos¹ 

[1] ,, Universidade Federal de Viçosa Departamento de Entomologia Viçosa MG ,Brazil

关键词: Centridini;    Cleptoparasitism;    Rhathymini;    Centridini;    Cleptoparasitismo;    Rhathymini. Rhathymus;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0085-56262012000400021

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The genus Rhathymus contains only obligatory cleptoparasitic species whose hosts belong to the genus Epicharis (Apidae, Centridini). Host information is available for only four of the 20 species of Rhathymus. In this note a new host record is added, in which the parasitism by R. friesei on nests of Epicharis (Epicharoides) picta is documented.

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