Morphological specialisation for primary nectar robbing in a pollen specialist mining bee (Hymenoptera, Andrenidae)

The European mining bee species Andrena lathyri (Andrenidae) is a narrow specialist of flowers of Lathyrus and Vicia (Fabaceae), from which both females and males gain nectar by primary nectar robbing. Both sexes are equipped with a unique proboscis, which is much longer and more strongly angled tha...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Andreas Müller, Paul Westrich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2023-02-01
Series:Journal of Hymenoptera Research
Online Access:https://jhr.pensoft.net/article/98260/download/pdf/