ctenoplectrid
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From translingual Ctenoplectridae.
Noun[edit]
ctenoplectrid (plural ctenoplectrids)
- (zoology) Any bee of the tribe Ctenoplectrini (especially when the latter is, as formerly by some, regarded as the family Ctenoplectridae).
- 1989, Ronald J. McGinley, A Catalog and Review of Immature Apoidea (Hymenoptera)[1], page 5:
- Larval characters should be reanalyzed in light of recent information presented by Michener and Greenberg (1980) that indicates ctenoplectrids are the sister group of the long-tongued bee families (Figure 2).
- 1989, David W. Roubik, Ecology and Natural History of Tropical Bees, published 1992, page 249:
- Obligate parasitism of other bees has arisen in halictids, megachilids, anthophorids, apids, and perhaps a few colletids and ctenoplectrids.
- 2011, Pat Willmer, Pollination and Floral Ecology[2], page 222:
- Melittid bees have “hair felt” patches on their legs that take up floral oils by capillarity, while the unusual ctenoplectrids have abdominal oil-mopping hairs.
References[edit]
Ctenoplectrini on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
