ctenoplectrid

English

Ctenoplectra terminalis

Etymology

From translingual Ctenoplectridae.

Noun

ctenoplectrid (plural ctenoplectrids)

1. (zoology) Any bee of the tribe Ctenoplectrini (especially when the latter is, as formerly by some, regarded as the family Ctenoplectridae).
   • 1989, Ronald J. McGinley, A Catalog and Review of Immature Apoidea (Hymenoptera)‎^[1], page 5:

     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, David W. Roubik, Ecology and Natural History of Tropical Bees, published 1992, page 249:

     Obligate parasitism of other bees has arisen in halictids, megachilids, anthophorids, apids, and perhaps a few colletids and ctenoplectrids.

   • 2011, Pat Willmer, Pollination and Floral Ecology‎^[2], page 222:

     Melittid bees have “hair felt” patches on their legs that take up floral oils by capillarity, while the unusual ctenoplectrids have abdominal oil-mopping hairs.

References

• Ctenoplectrini on Wikipedia.Wikipedia