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TROPICAL ZOOLOGY
Volume 16, Issue 1, Pages 83-92Publisher
CENTRO STUDIO FAUNISTICA ECOLOGIA TROPICALI, C N R
DOI: 10.1080/03946975.2003.10531185
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solitary bee; Diadasina distincta; Anthrax sp.; nest aggregation; parasitism; mortality; bombyliid flies; fungi
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Aspects of the population dynamics of a solitary ground-nesting oligolectic bee, Diadasina distincta (Holmberg 1903) (Hymenoptera Anthophoridae), were studied in relation to the number of parasitized nests in aggregations of different sizes. Inversely density-dependent parasitism by bombyliid flies and density-independent mortality by fungi together explained most of the variation in population size. There was a significant negative correlation between the number of nests in an aggregation and parasitism by bombyliid flies. Bombyliids accounted for 19.4% of mortality and two fungal species for an additional 19%. It is hypothesized that male patrolling in larger aggregations accounted for lower parasitism rates by bombyliid flies.
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