A new species of Chalicodoma from Saudi Arabia with modified facial setae (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae)
Some bees and pollen wasps have independently evolved simple, stiff, erect, apically-curved, curly or hooked facial setae as adaptations to collect pollen from nototribic flowers. A distinctive new species of Chalicodoma Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau subgenus Pseudomegachile Friese from Saudi Arabia w...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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Pensoft Publishers
2012
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3391723/ |