First host record for the cleptoparasitic bee Rhathymus friesei Ducke (Hymenoptera, Apidae)
The genus Rhathymus contains only obligatory cleptoparasitic species whose hosts belong to the genus Epicharis (Apidae, Centridini). Host information is available for only four of the 20 species of Rhathymus. In this note a new host record is added, in which the parasitism by R. friesei on nests of Epicharis (Epicharoides) picta is documented.
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| Format: | Digital revista |
| Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira De Entomologia
2012
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| Online Access: | http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085-56262012000400021 |
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