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📚 noun • entry_id 57414

oligolecty

/ˌɒlɪɡə(ʊ)ˈlɛkti/
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oligolectia
The preference of an insect pollinator (chiefly a bee) for pollinating only a few plant species.
The most likely explanation for oligolecty in bees is not different from the explanation of specificity of any organism to its habitat; in fact, oligolecty is a form of host specif…
We have, thus, a case where different types of bees are similarly adapted to oligolecty on a certain group of plants.
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