Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Volume 76 (2)

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A New Species, Cavitermes rozeni (Isoptera: Termitidae: Termitinae), from Brazil
Kumar Krishna

A New Genus and Species of the Oxytelinae from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)
Lee H. Herman

A New Species of Diathoneura (Diptera: Drosophilidae) from Costa Rica with a Striking Sexual Dimorphism
Tam C. Nguyen

Two New Neotropical Genera of Drosophilidae (Diptera) Visiting Palm Flowers
David Grimaldi, Finn Ervik, and Rodrigo Bernal

A New Species of Xanthorhoe Hübner (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Larentiinae) from Polar Urals, Russia
Sei-Woong Choi

Parasitic Behavior of Leucospis cayennensis Westwood (Hymenoptera: Leucospidae) and Rates of Parasitism in Populations of Centris (Heterocentris) analis (Fabricius) (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Centridini)
 Ana Lúcia Gazola and Carlos Alberto Garófalo

A New Species of Pollen Wasp from Egypt (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Masarinae)
James M. Carpenter

Ovaries, Ovarioles, and Oocytes in Apoid Wasps, with Special Reference to Cleptoparasitic Species (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: “Sphecidae”)
Michael Ohl and Daniela Linde

The Bee Genus Caupolicana in Central America (Hymenoptera: Colletidae)
Charles D. Michener, Michael S. Engel, and Ricardo Ayala

Annual Displacement of Soil in Nest Tumuli of Alkali Bees (Nomia melanderi) (Hymenoptera: Apiformes: Halictidae) across an Agricultural Landscape
James H. Cane

Behavioral Interactions Among Females of Halictus (Seladonia) lanei (Moure) (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)
 Laurence Packer, Beatriz W. T. Coelho, Sidnei Mateus, and Ronaldo Zucchi

Dominant-subordinate Relationships in a Facultatively Social, Nocturnal Bee, Megalopta genalis (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)
Laura Arneson and William T. Wcislo

What’s in a Name? The Confusing Case of the Death Camas Bee, Andrena astragali Viereck and Cockerell (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae)
 Vincent J. Tepedino

Field Observations on the Behavior and Nesting Habits of Liphanthus sabulosus Reed (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae)
Paulina Mena and Luisa Ruz

Nest and Provisioning Biology of the Bee Panurginus polytrichus Cockerell (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae), with a Description of a New Holcopasites Species (Hymenoptera: Apidae), its Probable Nest Parasite
John L. Neff

Melitturga krausi, a New Species of Bee from Israel (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Andrenidae: Panurginae)
Maximilian Schwartz

Gene Flow and Population Structure in an Oligolectic Desert Bee, Macrotera (Macroteropsis) portalis (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae)
Bryan N. Danforth, Shuqing Ji, and Luke J. Ballard

Biology and Behavior of a Seasonally Aquatic Bee, Perdita (Alloperdita) floridensis Timberlake (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae: Panurginae)
Beth B. Norden, Karl V. Krombein, Mark A. Deyrup, and Jayanthi P. Edirisinghe 

African Fideliini: Genus Fidelia Friese (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae: Fideliinae)
V. B. Whitehead and C. D. Eardley

Description of Mature Larvae of Osmia (Helicosmia) fulviventris (Panzer) (Hymenoptera: Mehachilidae)
Félix Torres, Carlos G. Maza, and Severiano F. Gayubo

Stelis rozeni, New Species, the First Record of the Parasitic Bee Genus Stelis from Southern Africa (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)
Terry Griswold and Frank D. Parker

Megachile (Pseudocentron) jerryrozenei, a New Species of Leafcutting Bee (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) from the Cayman Islands
Julio A. Genaro

A New Species of the Bee Genus Rhogepeolus Moure from Peru (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
Molly G. Rightmyer

Floral Sonication by Bees: Mesosomal Vibration by Bombus and Xylocopa, but Not Apis (Hymenoptera: Apidae), Ejects Pollen from Poricidal Anthers
Marcus J. King and Stephen L. Buchmann

Biological Impediments to Measures of Competition Among Introduced Honey Bees and Desert Bees (Hymenoptera: Apiformes)
Robert L. Minckley, James H. Cane, Linda Kervin, and Douglas Yanega

Ichnotaxonomy, Origin, and Paleoenvironment of Quaternary Insect Cells from Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain
Jorge F. Genise and Nicholas Edwards

Trap-Nesting Bees and Wasps on the University Campus in São Paulo, Southeastern Brazil (Hymenoptera: Aculeata)
Isabel Alves-Dos-Santos

A Preliminary Account of the Bees of Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apoidea): Present Knowledge and Future Directions
Allan H. Smith-Pardo

Bees of the Hawaiian Islands, Exclusive of Hylaeus (Nesoprosopis) (Hymenoptera: Apoidea)
Roy R. Snelling

Bee Species of Nova Scotia, Canada, with New Records and Notes on Bionomics and Floral relations (Hymenoptera: Apoidea)
Cory S. Sheffield, Peter G. Kevan, Robert F. Smith, Susan M. Rigby, and Richard E. L. Rogers