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Psithyrus vestalis (Goeffroy) (Vestal Cuckoo Bee)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #macrophotos
Psithyrus vestalis Male imago 19 July 1997 Berks England 2

Suggested Literature

Psithyrus vestalis may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
HYMENOPTERA
(bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Aculeata
(aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
APOIDEA APIDAE
(bees)
Psithyrus
(cuckoo bees)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Psithyrus vestalis is associated with:

Photos female Bombus terrestris - Buff-tailed Bumble Bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) female takes over nest UK/Ireland Restricted Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
Prys-Jones, O.E. & Corbet, S.A., 1987

There may be more taxa associated with Psithyrus vestalis listed at higher taxonomic level

HYMENOPTERA
(bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)

Associated with Psithyrus vestalis:

Psithyrus vestalis may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
INSECTA
(insects)
HYMENOPTERA
(bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Aculeata
(aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
APOIDEA APIDAE
(bees)

References

Macdonald, M.A., in prep. Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates
Prys-Jones, O.E. & Corbet, S.A., 1987 Bumblebees

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