Apidae
Peponapis pruinosa
南瓜蜂 Peponapis pruinosa 是一种北美洲的独居、在地下筑巢的蜂,只从南瓜、笋瓜和葫芦的花上采集花粉。它从日出开始采集,雄蜂到中午便在凋萎的花朵里睡觉。它跟随人类把南瓜类作物传播出墨西哥的过程扩散,是花园和农场中的关键传粉者。

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来源
- Frank, S. and Youngsteadt, E. (2015, revised 2024). Squash Bees in the Home Garden. NC State Extension Publications, North Carolina State University. 链接
- Cane, J.H. (USDA ARS Bee Biology and Systematics Laboratory, Logan, Utah). Squash Bees. Pollinator of the Month, Celebrating Wildflowers, USDA Forest Service. 链接
- Lopez-Uribe, M.M., Cane, J.H., Minckley, R.L. and Danforth, B.N. (2016). Crop domestication facilitated rapid geographical expansion of a specialist pollinator, the squash bee Peponapis pruinosa. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 283(1833): 20160443. doi:10.1098/rspb.2016.0443. Abstract read on Penn State Pure. 链接
- GBIF.org (2026). Occurrence search and density maps for Peponapis pruinosa, taxon key 1339646. 链接
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