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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Pensoft Publishers
2023-02-01
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Series: | Journal of Hymenoptera Research |
Online Access: | https://jhr.pensoft.net/article/98260/download/pdf/ |