Ityphilus krausi N.Sp., a New Ballophilid Centipede from Peru (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha: Ballophilidae) |
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| Authors: | Luis Alberto Pereira Alessandro Minelli |
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| Affiliation: | 1. National Institute of Science and Technology-Center for Environmental and Biodiversity Studies (INCT-CEAB), Amazon State University (UEA), Manaus, Brazil;2. Institute for Biology, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany;3. Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia, COBIO- Coordena??o de Biodiversidade, Manaus, Brazil |
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| Abstract: | The Amazon rainforest is one of the planet’s biodiversity hotspots, hosting a rich orchid bee fauna. The phoretic cleptoparasites of this bee fauna are largely unknown. We report for the first time the host–cleptoparasite interaction between Eulaema mocsaryi (Friese) (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini) and the first instar larva (triungulin) of a Tetraonycini meloid beetle. We review the host–cleptoparasite interactions of Tetraonycini with Apid bees in South America and discuss the ecological needs of the cleptoparasite. |
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| Keywords: | Cleptoparasite ecological relationship orchid bees phoretic Meloidae Tetraonycini |
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