EXOMALOPSINI

Rozen, Jerome G., 2011, Immatures of Exomalopsine Bees with Notes on Nesting Biology and a Tribal Key to Mature Larvae of Noncorbiculate, Nonparasitic Apinae (Hymenoptera: Apidae), American Museum Novitates 2011 (3726), pp. 1-52 : 7-8

EGGS OF EXOMALOPSINI

provision with both ends while the middle part does not touch the surface. Very early instars retain this arched posture for a while. I suspect the marked egg curvature relates to their method of eclosion and urge that this be investigated, as is being done in a current study of a Centris (Rozen et al., 2011) .