• DOI:10.1111/J.1095-8312.1996.TB00311.X
Corpus ID: 85183484

Convergent evolution of morphological specializations in Central European bee and honey wasp species as an adaptation to the uptake of pollen from nototribic flowers (Hymenoptera, Apoidea and Masaridae)

@article{Mueller1996ConvergentEO,
  title={Convergent evolution of morphological specializations in Central European bee and honey wasp species as an adaptation to the uptake of pollen from nototribic flowers (Hymenoptera, Apoidea and Masaridae)},
  author={A. Mueller},
  journal={Biological Journal of The Linnean Society},
  year={1996},
  volume={57},
  pages={235-252}
}

• A. Mueller
• Published 1996
• Biology
• Biological Journal of The Linnean Society

Abstract In the Central European apoid and masarid fauna, 13 bee species belonging to seven different taxonomic groups and one honey wasp species were found to be equipped with a specialized pollen-collecting apparatus on the face which is used to harvest pollen from nototribic flowers, viz. representatives of the Lamiaceae and the Scrophulariaceae. Pollen from these two plant families plays an important part in the larval nourishment of these hymenopteran species. The pollen-collecting… Expand

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