Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Sphecodes???

Posted by Oscar on 12-04-2013 23:10
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Madrid, on April 10, 2013
Edited by Oscar on 13-04-2013 00:31

Posted by John Carr on 13-04-2013 00:11
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The color is typical of Sphecodes. I don't know what structural characters would confirm, other than lack of scopa which is typical of many kinds of parasitic bees.

Posted by Oscar on 13-04-2013 00:30
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Thank you very much for your reply, John!

Posted by John Carr on 13-04-2013 01:12
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Species in your area were revised:

Warncke, K. 1992. Die westpaläarktischen Arten der Bienengattung Sphecodes Latr. (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Halictinae). Bericht der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Augsburg no. 52:9-64.

Reference not seen. Cited in Michener's The Bees of the World.

Posted by Oscar on 15-04-2013 14:06
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Thank you John