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dc.contributor.authorAlqarni, Abdulaziz S.
dc.contributor.authorHannan, Mohammed A.
dc.contributor.authorGonzalez, Victor H.
dc.contributor.authorEngel, Michael S.
dc.date.accessioned2012-06-25T16:13:42Z
dc.date.available2012-06-25T16:13:42Z
dc.date.issued2012-06-25
dc.identifier.issn1313-2989
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/9941
dc.description.abstractSome bees and pollen wasps have independently evolved simple, stiff, erect, apically-curved, curly or hooked facial setae as adaptations to collect pollen from nototribic flowers. A distinctive new species of Chalicodoma Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau subgenus Pseudomegachile Friese from Saudi Arabia with such morphological adaptations, C. riyadhense sp. n., is described and figured. The species was captured visiting flowers of Blepharis ciliaris (L.) (Acanthaceae). The occurrence of modified facial setae is documented and discussed for the first time in eight other species of Pseudomegachile, and a key to the genera and subgenera of Megachilini currently confirmed for Saudi Arabia is provided.
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttp://www.pensoft.net/journals/zookeys/article/3228/a-new-species-of-chalicodoma-from-saudi-arabia-with-modified-facial-setae-hymenoptera-megachilidae-
dc.subjectBiodiversity
dc.subjectTaxonomy
dc.subjectBees
dc.subjectEntomology
dc.subjectHymenoptera
dc.subjectApoidea
dc.titleA new species of Chalicodoma from Saudi Arabia with modified facial setae (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae)
dc.typeArticle
kusw.kuauthorEngel, Michael S.
kusw.kudepartmentEcology & Evolutionary Biology
kusw.kudepartmentNatural History Museum & Biodiversity Research Center
kusw.kudepartmentBiodiversity Institute
kusw.oastatusfullparticipation
dc.identifier.doi10.3897/zookeys.204.3228
kusw.oaversionScholarly/refereed, publisher version
kusw.oapolicyThis item meets KU Open Access policy criteria.
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