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RESEARCH LITERATURE

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A new monolectic coastal bee, Hesperapis oraria Snelling and Stage (Hymenoptera: Melittidae), with a review of desert and neotropical disjunctives in the southeastern US

Author(s): J. H. Cane, R. R. Snelling and L. J. Kervin

Month: Oct
Year: 1996

Publication Type: Article
Journal: Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society
Volume: 69
Issue: 4
Pages: 238-247

Article Topic(s): Pollination
Research Setting(s): Coastal

Species Referenced: Balduina angustifolia (Coastal plain honeycombhead),

Abstract

Describes a new bee species, Hesperapis oraria, which is the only member of the genus that occurs in eastern North America. The bee occurs on dune fields of barrier islands and coastal margins of the northern Gulf of Mexico. Females of this bee species visit only flowers of Balduina angustifolia for pollen and nectar. The importance of this bee as a pollinator for Balduina angustifolia is unknown.

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J. H. Cane, R. R. Snelling and L. J. Kervin. "A new monolectic coastal bee, Hesperapis oraria Snelling and Stage (Hymenoptera: Melittidae), with a review of desert and neotropical disjunctives in the southeastern US." Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 69.4 (1996): 238-247.

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