The Amazon rainforest is one of the planet’s biodiversity hotspots, hosting a rich orchid bee fauna. The phoretic cleptoparasites of this bee fauna are largely unknown. We report for the first time the host–cleptoparasite interaction between Eulaema mocsaryi (Friese) (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini) and the first instar larva (triungulin) of a Tetraonycini meloid beetle. We review the host–cleptoparasite interactions of Tetraonycini with Apid bees in South America and discuss the ecological needs of the cleptoparasite.
Hitchhiking meloid larva upon male Eulaema mocsaryi (Hymenoptera: Apidae) : a new host cleptoparasite interaction in the Amazon rainforest / A. Friedel, M.L. de Oliveira, S. Boff. - In: STUDIES ON NEOTROPICAL FAUNA AND ENVIRONMENT. - ISSN 0165-0521. - 54:2(2019), pp. 102-106. [10.1080/01650521.2019.1585070]
Hitchhiking meloid larva upon male Eulaema mocsaryi (Hymenoptera: Apidae) : a new host cleptoparasite interaction in the Amazon rainforest
S. Boff
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The Amazon rainforest is one of the planet’s biodiversity hotspots, hosting a rich orchid bee fauna. The phoretic cleptoparasites of this bee fauna are largely unknown. We report for the first time the host–cleptoparasite interaction between Eulaema mocsaryi (Friese) (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini) and the first instar larva (triungulin) of a Tetraonycini meloid beetle. We review the host–cleptoparasite interactions of Tetraonycini with Apid bees in South America and discuss the ecological needs of the cleptoparasite.
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