Open AccessNesting Biology of the Solitary Ground-Nesting Bee Diadasina riparia (Apidae: Emphorini)
Author(s) -
Herbeson Ovidio de Jesus Martins,
Gilson Paiva Amorim,
William Oliveira Sabino,
Vinina Silva Ferreira
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
sociobiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.378
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 2447-8067
pISSN - 0361-6525
DOI - 10.13102/sociobiology.v68i4.7123
Subject(s) - biology , nest (protein structural motif) , nesting (process) , brood , ecology , apidae , hymenoptera , apoidea , zoology , biochemistry , materials science , metallurgy
We described the nesting behavior and ecology of Diadasina riparia, from an urban dry forest fragment. The nests of D. riparia were shallow with circular entrance, closed by a mud plug, from which a straight vertical tunnel ending in one or more brood cells. Most females need one day for construction and provisioning the nest. The natural enemies were flies of Anthrax genus, the cleptoparasitic bees Leiopodus trochantericus, and Mutillidae wasp. The feature about the life history, nest architecture, materials used, pollen provisions behavior and associated organisms of this species allow the comparison with other emphorines species.