Rhathymus bicolor Lepeletier and Serville

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 : 19

Rhathymus bicolor Lepeletier and Serville

DESCRIPTION OF MATURE OOCYTE (figs. 29– 31): Length 2.8–3.3 mm, maximum diameter 0.65–0.73 mm (N = 4); egg index 0.61 (small). Shape approximately symmetrical along its moderately curved long axis; round­ ed at both ends, with widest diameter near anterior end, then gradually tapering posteriorly; anterior pole not or scarcely produced; micropyle (fig. 30) a cluster of pores at anterior pole; pores directed toward outcurved surface. Chorion viewed through stereomicroscope smooth, dull, with inconspicuous polygonal pattern; boundaries of polygons more reflective than surfaces of polygons; as viewed by SEM, chorion surface with numerous shallow channels radiating from mi­