AgroEco

Source

The Bees of the World, Second Edition

Michener C.D.

Year
2007
Publication
The Johns Hopkins University Press
Type
book

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21 AI-consensus-verified claims extracted from this source , across 3 interaction categories.

mutualism

  • Rediviva spp. mutualism Diascia spp. · effect: beneficial
    “spurs vary in length in various populations or species of Diascia, and the forelegs of female Rediviva vary in length accordingly”
    mutualistOf ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed

    p. 16 #6492481

parasitism

  • Varroa spp. parasitism Apis mellifera · effect: harmful
    “dramatic decrease in feral honey bee populations...due to introduction...of mites such as Varroa”
    parasiteOf ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed

    p. 4 #6492477

  • Bombus (Psithyrus) spp. parasitism Bombus spp. · effect: harmful
    “In the genus Bombus, the subgenus Psithyrus is entirely parasitic”
    parasiteOf ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed

    p. 30 #6492483

  • Sphecodes spp. parasitism Halictinae (subfamily) · effect: harmful
    “females of some mostly cleptoparasitic genera such as Sphecodes destroy the egg of the host and replace it with their own”
    parasiteOf ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed

    p. 31 #6492484

  • Coelioxys spp. parasitism Megachile spp. · effect: harmful
    “young larva of Coelioxys…has a large, usually more or less prognathous, sclerotized head and sickle-shaped mandibles”
    parasiteOf ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed

    p. 34 #6492485

  • Nomada spp. parasitism Andrena spp. · effect: harmful
    “cephalic secretions of males are chemically similar to Dufour's gland volatiles”
    parasiteOf ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed

    p. 35 #6492512

  • Nomada spp. parasitism Melitta spp. · effect: harmful
    “cephalic secretions of the males are chemically similar to Dufour's gland volatiles of the females of the host species, Andrena or Melitta”
    parasiteOf ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed

    p. 35 #6492513

  • Coelioxys spp. parasitism Megachile spp. · effect: harmful
    “Coelioxys funeraria Smith parasitizing two different-sized species of Megachile in Michigan”
    parasiteOf ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed

    p. 35 #6492514

  • Coelioxys spp. parasitism Anthophora spp. · effect: harmful
    “a few of the many Coelioxys species attack Anthophora, Centris, Euglossa”
    parasiteOf ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed

    p. 35 #6492515

  • Coelioxys spp. parasitism Centris spp. · effect: harmful
    “a few of the many Coelioxys species attack Anthophora, Centris, Euglossa”
    parasiteOf ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed

    p. 35 #6492516

  • Epeolus spp. parasitism Colletes spp. · effect: harmful
    “Epeolus on Colletes, Triepeolus mostly on Eucerini”
    parasiteOf ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed

    p. 35 #6492517

  • Triepeolus spp. parasitism Eucerini (tribe) · effect: harmful
    “Epeolus on Colletes, Triepeolus mostly on Eucerini”
    parasiteOf ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed

    p. 35 #6492518

  • Epeoloides spp. parasitism Macropis spp. · effect: harmful
    “Epeoloides, which parasitizes Macropis (Melittidae)”
    parasiteOf ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed

    p. 35 #6492519

  • Bombus (Psithyrus) spp. parasitism Bombus spp. · effect: harmful
    “In the social parasite Bombus (Psithyrus) the number ranges from 6 to 18”
    parasiteOf ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed

    p. 41 #6492520

  • Hylaeus (Nesoprosopis) spp. parasitism Hylaeus (Nesoprosopis) spp. · effect: harmful
    “five Hawaiian species of Hylaeus (Nesoprosopis) reported to be parasites of other species of the same subgenus”
    parasiteOf ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed

    p. 35 #6492521

pollination