SOME ARCTIC AND SUBARCTIC SOLITARY BEES COLLECTED AT INUVIK AND TUKTOYAKTUK, NWT, CANADA (HYMENOPTERA: APOIDEA)

Abstract Nine species of solitary bees are recorded from a northern area of Northwest Territories: Osmia inermis from tundra at Tuktoyaktuk, and Hylaeus ellipticus , Evylaeus comagenensis , E . borealis , Sphecodes aff. pusillus , Anthidium tenuiflorae , Megachile centuncularis , M . f . frigida , a...

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Published in:The Canadian Entomologist
Main Authors: Sakagami, Shôichi F., Toda, Masanori J.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1986
Subjects:
Insect Science
Molecular Biology
Physiology
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Structural Biology
Arctic
Northwest Territories
Canada
Tuktoyaktuk
Inuvik
Subarctic
Tundra
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.4039/ent118395-5
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0008347X00040244
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Summary:Abstract Nine species of solitary bees are recorded from a northern area of Northwest Territories: Osmia inermis from tundra at Tuktoyaktuk, and Hylaeus ellipticus , Evylaeus comagenensis , E . borealis , Sphecodes aff. pusillus , Anthidium tenuiflorae , Megachile centuncularis , M . f . frigida , and Anthophora b . bomboides from the northern limit of subarctic forest at Inuvik. All represent the northernmost records of the species. Some chorological and ecological notes are added to.

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