The North American bees of the genus Ptilothrix Cresson, 1878 (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Emphorini), with the description of two new species

Ptilothrix Cresson is a genus of New World bees with an amphitropical distribution. Like other genera in the tribe Emphorini, Ptilothrix have narrow pollen preferences. These solitary ground-nesting bees exhibit a remarkable nesting behavior in which females carry water from ponds to facilitate the...

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Main Authors: Nathalia Flórez-Gómez, Bryan Danforth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2023-02-01
Series:Journal of Hymenoptera Research
Online Access:https://jhr.pensoft.net/article/96025/download/pdf/