The Nest and Description of a New Bee, Systropha Punjabensis from India (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)

Authors

Suzanne W.T. Batra
Charles D. Michener

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title/Conference

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Volume

39

Issue

4

Publication Date

10-1-1966

First Page

650

Last Page

658

Abstract

Systropha punjabensis (subfamily Dufoureinae), an exceptionally small species, is morphologically unlike either Systropha s. str. or Systrophidia. A nest had 4 oval cells, 2 of them at the ends of lateral burrows, arranged along a nearly vertical main burrow. Cells did not have a glossy waterproof lining. The larva, morphologically similar to that of Rhophites, probably makes a cocoon.

Recommended Citation

Batra, Suzanne W.T. and Michener, Charles D., "The Nest and Description of a New Bee, Systropha Punjabensis from India (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)" (1966). Ba. Paper 168.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/bee_lab_ba/168