ctenoplectrid
ctenoplectrid noun: any bee of the tribe Ctenoplectrini (especially when the latter is, as formerly by some, regarded as the family Ctenoplectridae).
Noun
ctenoplectrid (plural ctenoplectrids)
- Any bee of the tribe Ctenoplectrini (especially when the latter is, as formerly by some, regarded as the family Ctenoplectridae).
- Larval characters should be reanalyzed in light of recent information presented by Michener and Greenberg (1980) that indicates ctenoplectrids are the sister group of the long-tongued bee families (Figure 2).1989, Ronald J. McGinley, A Catalog and Review of Immature Apoidea (Hymenoptera), page 5
- Obligate parasitism of other bees has arisen in halictids, megachilids, anthophorids, apids, and perhaps a few colletids and ctenoplectrids.1989, David W. Roubik, Ecology and Natural History of Tropical Bees, published 1992, page 249
Forms of ctenoplectrid
| plural | ctenoplectrids |
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Origin of ctenoplectrid
From translingual Ctenoplectridae.
Questions about ctenoplectrid
- What does ctenoplectrid mean?
- Ctenoplectrid means any bee of the tribe Ctenoplectrini (especially when the latter is, as formerly by some, regarded as the family Ctenoplectridae).
- What part of speech is ctenoplectrid?
- Ctenoplectrid is a noun.
- What is the plural of ctenoplectrid?
- The plural of ctenoplectrid is ctenoplectrids.
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