Soliter arı megachile (Pseudomegachile) crseusa bingham'in (Hymenoptera,Megachilidae) yuvalanma biyolojisi

Megachile (Pseudomegachile) creusa Bingham (1898) türü arının yuvalanma biyolojisi, yuvanın yeri, yapısı ve gözlenen larva aşamaları ile birlikte belirlenmiştir. Dişiler, akdarı saplarının kuru boşluklarında, toprakla kendi ağız salgılarının karışımı olan maddeyi kullanarak düz bir hat üzerinde sıralanan yuva odacıklan yapmaktadır. Söz konusu ekin saplan, aynı zamanda Racastan 'da (Hindistan) kulübelerin çatılarının kaplanmasında yaygın olarak kullanılmaktadır. Grubun özet larva filogenisi, ikinci deri değişim ve dışkı sonrası larvalara ait taksonomik özellikleri taşımaktadır. Soli ter an türleri Hindistan 'in kuzeybatısında yaygın olarak bulunmaktadır ve bu anlar ekili alanlarla yabani bitkileri sık sık ziyaret etmektedir.

Nesting biology of the solitary bee,megachile (Pseudomegachile) creusa bingham (Hymenoptera,Megachılıdae)

Nesting biology of Megachile (Pseudomegachile) creusa Bingham (1898) is described including features of nesting site, nest structure and collected larval stages. Female constructed linearly arranged nest chambers using mud mixed with oral secretions, in dry hollow straws of pearl millets. These sticks are commonly used in making roofs of the huts in Rajasthan (India). A brief larval phytogeny of the group follows the taxonomic descriptions of second instar and postdefecating larva. The solitary bee species is quite widely distributed all over northwestern India and significantly visits many cultivated and wild crops.

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