Claim · #6492519
Epeoloides spp. · parasitism · Macropis spp.
parasitism · effect: harmful
parasiteOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Epeoloides, which parasitizes Macropis (Melittidae)”
- Authors
- Michener C.D.
- Year
- 2007
- Publication
- The Johns Hopkins University Press
- Page
- 35
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Epeoloides is a well-documented cleptoparasite of Macropis (Melittidae); the source quote directly supports the structured parasitism/harmful interaction.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Epeoloides is a well-documented cleptoparasite of Macropis (Melittidae); source quote directly supports the structured parasitism interaction.”
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