Claim · #6492513
Nomada spp. · parasitism · Melitta spp.
parasitism · effect: harmful
parasiteOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“cephalic secretions of the males are chemically similar to Dufour's gland volatiles of the females of the host species, Andrena or Melitta”
- Authors
- Michener C.D.
- Year
- 2007
- Publication
- The Johns Hopkins University Press
- Page
- 35
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Source quote directly supports the mechanism; Nomada cleptoparasitism of Melitta/Andrena via chemical mimicry of Dufour's gland volatiles is well-documented in bee chemical ecology literature.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Nomada are well-documented cleptoparasites of Andrena/Melitta; male cephalic secretions mimicking host Dufour's gland volatiles for nest infiltration is established chemical mimicry biology consistent with the source quote.”
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