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Stelis

noun
1.
Any of various small tropical American orchids of the genus Stelis having long slender racemes of numerous small to minute flowers.



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... states, that while some species are constant in their attacks on certain Halicti and Andrenae, others attack different species of these genera indiscriminately. In like manner another Cuckoo bee (Coelioxys) is parasitic on Megachile and Saropoda; Stelis is a parasite on Osmia, the Mason bee: and Melecta infests the cells ...
— Our Common Insects - A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, - Gardens and Houses • Alpheus Spring Packard


Words linked to "Stelis" :   orchidaceous plant, orchid


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