PROTEPEOLINI

ROZEN, JEROME G., 2003, Eggs, Ovariole Numbers, and Modes of Parasitism of Cleptoparasitic Bees, with Emphasis on Neotropical Species (Hymenoptera: Apoidea), American Museum Novitates 3413, pp. 1-36 : 15-16

PROTEPEOLINI

Information about the egg indices and ovariole and oocyte numbers for four species of Leiopodus (summarized in table 1) has been presented by Roig­Alsina and Rozen (1994) and Alexander (1996), and mature oocytes/eggs of these species have been described and illustrated by Rozen et al. (1978) and Roig­Alsina and Rozen (1994). Added here is information about the micropyle and surface microstructure of the mature oocytes of three of the species examined by SEM. The specimens examined are the same as those described by Roig­Alsina and Rozen (1994) except that the specimen of L. singularis was no longer available; please see following accounts enhance these differences.

their publication for collection data and general oocyte shape.

The striking differences in the oocytes of the four species Leiopodus were documented by Roig­Alsina and Rozen (1994), and the