Observations on the Bionomics of Some Neotropical Xylocopine Bees, with Comparative and Biofaunistic Notes (Hymenoptera, Anthophoridae) (With 59 Text-figures and 7 Tables)

Abstract

including their outskirts, both in the State of Parana.The annual weather conditions in these two localities are shown in Table 1.For comparative notes, the previous papers on the bionomics of the subfamily were consulted as far as possible, but no complete bibliographical survey was attempted.Besides collecting nests, Rome adult bees were captured on flowers in the course of two periodical wild bee samplings made at Sao Jose dOB Pinhais near Ouritiba (cf.Sakagami, Laroca and Moure 1967) and at Boa ViRta, Ouritiba.By incorporating the data from these surveys, the present paper forms a part of our serial work on the wild bee biofaunistics and biocoenotics in Eastern ParanA.The names of the species studied by other authors and cited in subsequent pages are given here according to the recent usage (Hurd and Moure 1963), with the named used by the original authors if different.In subsequent pages, the years of publication are cited only when necessary.