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Nests of a Tube-dwelling Bee in Quaternary Sediments of the Jeffara Plain, S. P. L. A. J.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2015

J. M. Anketell  and
S. M. Ghellali
J. M. Anketell
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University of Manchester
S. M. Ghellali
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Al Fateh University, Tripoli
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Abstract

Vertical, tubular borings, either simple or subdivided into cells by horizontal, spirally ornamented partitions of cemented fine silt, are common in the uppermost part of Unit Q3 of the Quaternary floodplain deposits in the eastern part of the Jeffara Plain. The structures display many features similar to those found in nests constructed by tube-dwelling, solitary wasps and bees. The size of the cells, the spiral construction of the partitions and the general architecture of the cells is closely comparable to the nest structure of the large carpenter bee Xylocopa virginica krombeini Hurd., and it is suggested that the Quarternary nests were constructed by a bee of Xylocopid type.

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Libyan Studies , Volume 15 , 1984 , pp. 137 - 141
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Copyright © Society for Libyan Studies 1984

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