Comparative biology of four Rhodanthidium species (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae) that nest in snail shells
Author
Hostinska, Lucie
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6685-2690
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Hradec Kralove, Rokitanskeho 62, CZ- 500 03 Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
lucie.hostinska@uhk.cz
Author
Kunes, Petr
Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Benatska 433 / 2, CZ- 128 01 Praha 2, Czech Republic
Author
Hadrava, Jiri
Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Benatska 433 / 2, CZ- 128 01 Praha 2, Czech Republic & Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Entomology, Branisovska 1160 / 31, CZ- 370 05, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
Author
Bosch, Jordi
Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Vinicna 7, CZ- 128 44 Praha 2, Czech Republic
Author
Scaramozzino, Pier Luigi
CREAF - Ecological and Forestry Application Research Centre, Edifici C Campus de Bellaterra, 08193, Barcelona, Spain
Author
Bogusch, Petr
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4554-6141
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Hradec Kralove, Rokitanskeho 62, CZ- 500 03 Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
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Journal of Hymenoptera Research
2021
2021-08-31
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.85.66544
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Rhodanthidium infuscatum
Material examined.
Four nests from
Spain
. We found one nest in the city park in Castelldefels (
Spain
). The snail shell was found in a stone wall, and there were two cocoons, with hatched bees and partitioning in the nest. The structure of the nest was similar to that of the nest of
R. septemdentatum
but did not contain filling in the first empty cell. The other three records were collected in
Spain
by P. L. Scaramozzino. Two nests contained two individuals, and the third nest contained four individuals (mean 2.5
+/-
0.5 SD).
Nest structure.
The nests contained 2-4 brood cells and one vestibular cell. Both the brood cells and the vestibular cells were delimited by resin partitions (Fig.
2H
). The vestibular cell was not filled with debris. The closing plug was made of resin mixed with small sand particles. Overall, we obtained 8 adult bees, 6 males and 2 females.
Shell choice.
The nest found in Castelldefels was built in an
Iberellus
sp. shell and nests from Llanca (Girona) in
E. vermiculata
shells.
Nest associates.
No nest associates were recorded for this species.