Annals of the South African MuseumWest, Newman & Company for the trustees of the Museum, 1994 - Natural history |
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Females collect oil from Hemimeris racemosa and Colpias mollis (
Scrophulariaceae ) and are the only known ... the relationship between oil -
collecting bees of the genus Rediviva and oil - secreting host plants in the
Scrophulariaceae and ...
Females collect oil from Hemimeris racemosa and Colpias mollis (
Scrophulariaceae ) and are the only known ... the relationship between oil -
collecting bees of the genus Rediviva and oil - secreting host plants in the
Scrophulariaceae and ...
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The location and structure of hairs specialized for oil - collecting were determined
by sampling pubescence from several areas on the tarsi of the anterior and
middle legs . These hairs were dehydrated in 96 per cent ethyl alcohol and
mounted ...
The location and structure of hairs specialized for oil - collecting were determined
by sampling pubescence from several areas on the tarsi of the anterior and
middle legs . These hairs were dehydrated in 96 per cent ethyl alcohol and
mounted ...
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abbreviated ANNALS apical margin author's name authors bands basal base basitarsus becoming body branched hairs Cape Province Cape Town capital coarsely punctured collect covered dark brown dense described distal dorsal extending eye length female figures finely finely branched follow foreleg forewing front given half length head Hester Malan hind tibia Holotype illustrations included inner italics K. E. Steiner Kamieskroon km east km south length letters light brown malar space males material Mean measurements Melittidae Mesosoma metasomal terga middle leg Nature Note ocellus oil-collecting paratypes plate plumose posterior pubescence punctuation punctures punctures shiny ratio Rediviva albifasciata sp references region Reserve rest Sculpture scutellum scutum segment separates Sept side slightly Smith South African Museum south of Springbok species specimens strong surface surface between punctures Table Tarsus third unbranched V. B. Whitehead vein ventral vertex width wing