单词 | allodapine |
释义 | allodapinen.adj. Entomology. A. n. A bee belonging to the genus Allodape or the subfamily Allodapinae, comprising primitively social bees which rear the broods of several females communally in unsealed burrows and some of which are parasitic in other bee colonies. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > superfamily Apoidea (bees) > member of family Xylocopidae carpenter-bee1844 allodapine1969 1969 Jrnl. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 42 248 Eversible ventrolateral projections or pseudopods occur and serve to hold and manipulate food in some species of Braunsapis and other allodapines. 1987 Behavioral Ecol. & Sociobiol. 21 391/1 Allodapines rear their brood progressively in a single communal burrow. 2011 P. Willmer Pollination & Floral Ecol. xviii. 404 Eucerines become common in warmer and semiarid habitats and larger numbers of allodapines occur in Australia and southeast Asia. B. adj. Of or belonging to the genus Allodape or the subfamily Allodapinae. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [adjective] > belonging to division Petiolata > belonging to division Anthophila > of or belonging to bees > belonging to genus Allodape allodapine1969 1969 Jrnl. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 42 289 To permit publication of materials on the ecology, behavior, and systematics of allodapine bees.., certain new genera are described. 1989 Behavioral Ecol. & Sociobiol. 24 157/2 The number of progeny of allodapine bees may be limited by the size of their nest. 2007 J. L. Gould & C. G. Gould Animal Architects v. 100 Groups of social bees living in small colonies include the inconspicuous ground-nesting sweat bees, [and] the less well known allodapine bees (which often make their homes in plant stems). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1969 |
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