The Pollen Wasps

Gess, Sarah K.

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“…Therefore, C. fischeri is most prob-ably narrowly oligolectic, using flowers of Echium as the sole pollen source. Oligolecty or narrow polylecty are the rule for many species of the Masarinae and are common in Celonites (Gess 1996;Gess and Gess 2010). An association with flowers of Boraginaceae has also been established for Celonites heliotropii Gess, 2007 in the Afrotropical region (Gess 2007) and may also exist in eight additional Celonites species from the Palaearctic, which were observed to visit plants of this family (summarized in Gess 1996).…”

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“…Oligolecty or narrow polylecty are the rule for many species of the Masarinae and are common in Celonites (Gess 1996;Gess and Gess 2010). An association with flowers of Boraginaceae has also been established for Celonites heliotropii Gess, 2007 in the Afrotropical region (Gess 2007) and may also exist in eight additional Celonites species from the Palaearctic, which were observed to visit plants of this family (summarized in Gess 1996). Interestingly, C. afer, which is the closest relative of C. fischeri, has also been recorded from four North African species of Echium (Bequaert 1940), suggesting that both species of the C. fischeri-complex are associated with this plant genus.…”

Section: Flower Associationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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First contribution to the bionomics of the pollen wasp Celonites fischeri Spinola, 1838 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Masarinae) in Cyprus In memory of Friedrich W. Gess

Mauss¹,

Müller²

2014

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Celonites fischeri was recorded from ten localities in various open, disturbed habitats in North-West Cyprus. The species is probably narrowly oligolectic exploiting exclusively flowers of Echium (Boraginaceae) as the sole pollen and nectar source. Females perform a pollen collecting strategy hitherto unknown in pollen wasps; they ingest pollen from fresh anthers of Echium flowers that have just started to open by forcing their head into the only slightly opened corolla. Males patrol along Echium plants in search for females. Mating was mainly observed at Echium flowers but also occurred in the area of a male sleeping aggregation. The aerial nest, consisting of 2-5 earthen cells sometimes covered with an additional thin layer of earth, is attached to stones or plants. Nest building and soil collection behaviour are described and an ethogram of a nesting female observed during three consecutive days is given. Males form sleeping aggregations at particular sites that are continuously used over at least eleven consecutive nights, even though the size of the male groups may vary from day to day. During sleeping, the males characteristically curl their bodies around withered stems.

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Section: Flower Associationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Flower Associationmentioning

confidence: 99%

First contribution to the bionomics of the pollen wasp Celonites fischeri Spinola, 1838 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Masarinae) in Cyprus In memory of Friedrich W. Gess

Mauss¹,

Müller²

2014

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“…Moreover, Hohmann et al (1993) added single records from plants belonging to the families Asteraceae, Boraginaceae and Fabaceae. Such a broad spectrum of visited plant families and different flower types is unusual within the Masarinae for which various degrees of oligolecty (sensu Müller and Kuhlmann 2008) are more common (cf Gess 1996, Gess andGess 2010). However, within the genus Quartinia the proportion of polylectic s.l.…”

Section: Flower Associationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In these taxa each cell is probably built at the end of a relatively long separate secondary shaft connecting the brood cell to the main shaft. After the cell has been sealed by the female the secondary shaft is filled with soil particles to the point where it left the main shaft from which it is then sealed off (summarized in Gess 1996).…”

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“…Quartinia species are on average the smallest of the pollen wasps, ranging from ± 2-7 mm in length (Gess 2007, Gess andGess 2010) with 80 % of the species measuring less than 5 mm (n = 80 species; female body length taken from Richards 1962). Information about flower visiting, nesting, sleeping and sheltering, mating and associated organisms is mainly available for some Afrotropical species of Quartinia that have been studied in detail by Gess (2007Gess ( , 2008Gess ( , 2009Gess ( , 2011aGess ( , 2011b, Gess and Gess (1992), Gess (1996) and Gess and Gess (1989, 2006, 2008. In contrast, knowledge about the bionomics of the Palaearctic species of Quartinia is still very limited and mainly restricted to a small number of occasional flower visiting records relating to ten species published by Morice (1900), Benoist (1929), Bequaert (1940), Popov (1948), Gusenleitner (1973Gusenleitner ( , 1990 and Carpenter (2003).…”

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Contribution to the bionomics of the pollen wasp Quartinia canariensis Blüthgen, 1958 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Masarinae) in Fuerteventura (Canary Islands, Spain)

Mauss¹,

Müller²

2016

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Quartinia canariensis was recorded from three semidesertic sand habitats in Fuerteventura. All localities were sparsely covered by halophytic vegetation and characterized by large patches of flowering plants of Frankenia laevis (Frankeniaceae). Males and females were exclusively observed to visit flowers of Frankenia laevis. During flower visits the imagines often switched between nectar and pollen uptake. Pollen was consumed directly from the anthers or pollen uptake was indirect with pollen grains gathering on the frons being brushed towards the mouthparts with the fore legs. During nectar uptake the wasps protruded their long proboscis into the nectariferous pockets between the claws of the petals of the Frankenia flowers. Brood cell provisions consisted mainly of pollen from Frankenia but to a small amount also from Polycarpaea (Caryophyllaceae) suggesting that Quartinia canariensis is polylectic with strong preference. Males regularly stood on the ground in the vicinity of Frankenia plants and frequently performed patrol flights along the flowers. Flower visiting females avoided contact with the males and mainly offered resistance against the insertion of the male genitalia. The behavioural sequence during copulation of a species of Quartinia is described for the first time. The nest was a multicellular sub-vertical burrow surmounted by a short turret. The burrow was excavated by the female in friable sandy soil. The walls of the nest were stabilized by silk produced by the nest building female and applied with the mouthparts. Inconsistencies concerning the host-parasite-relationship between Quartinia canariensis and Chrysis atrocomitata established by Gusenleitner 1990 are discussed.

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Biodiversity of Hymenoptera

Huber

2017

Insect Biodiversity

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The Pollen Wasps

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First contribution to the bionomics of the pollen wasp Celonites fischeri Spinola, 1838 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Masarinae) in Cyprus In memory of Friedrich W. Gess

First contribution to the bionomics of the pollen wasp Celonites fischeri Spinola, 1838 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Masarinae) in Cyprus In memory of Friedrich W. Gess

Contribution to the bionomics of the pollen wasp Quartinia canariensis Blüthgen, 1958 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Masarinae) in Fuerteventura (Canary Islands, Spain)

Biodiversity of Hymenoptera

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