Shia nyɛla binneenbila ŋun mali kpunkpama ni tibiga, ka di mini dinkabishia, tabilankpiya ni charili biɛhigu ŋmani taba. Shia tuma nyɛla shi' gbaŋ mɛbu nishiri doobu[1]. Di zaɣ' yini boonila shia ka di di zaɣ' bɔbigu booni shihi. Shia nyɛla binneenbila so ŋun gahim n yi o ko ka che binneembihi shɛŋa zaa ŋan nyɛ di ŋmali (dibilankpiya, dinkabishia, charili, tabilanlehi, mirisikandim ni din pahi),
Shihi nyɛla ban bɛ kontinenti kam gbaa yihila Antartica, biɛhigu shee kam andunia ŋɔ ni malila flawaasi shɛŋa binneen' bihi ni polinɛɛti. Shia bali shɛli din niŋ bayana Northern Hemisphere n nyɛ Helictidae, bee shi' nyaɣisa, amaa be nyela zaɣ' bihi, ka be gabiri ba n zaŋ di tiri zɔhi bee dinkabishihi.Shihi mali dabam dabam zaŋ kana barilim polo, zaŋ gbaai zaɣ' bihi ban bɛ diɛmda, be tum tuun' diba bi paai millimeter dibaayi (0.08 in) zaŋ maɣisi shi' so ŋun ŋmahiri vari, Megachile pluto, shihi bali shɛli ban bari nyaŋ shihi zaa, ka be zaɣ' nyema waɣilim ni tooi paai millimeter pihinahi yin'ka(1.4 in)
The lappingmouthparts of a honey bee, showing labium and maxillae
Shihi nyɛla ban mali waligimsim ka mani bam mali yaɣa bee zabiri, zabiri din mali mindi bɛ antennae, waligimsim bela din be bɛ kpunkpama ni, ni kpunkpama pɛbu; ka paɣaba mi ni, ka puli din pahiri ayopɔin pirigi buyi.[2]
Shihi nyɛla ban mali nahingbana ŋan do gbunni ŋɔ:
Ninbihi kara ayi din kuli diɛ zuɣu ŋɔ zaa. Lala ninbihi ayi sunsuuni ni di zuɣusaa, ninbihi bihi ata beni (ocelli) din tiri lahabali zaŋ chaŋ nɛlinsi polo.
“antennae” ka di tooi mali pubu pia ni ata shi’ lɔri sani ni pia ni ayi shi'nyɛma sani, ka nye “geniculate”, din mali yaɣa ayi. Di nyɛla din mali ningbuna tikum nyihirisi din ni tooi baŋ shihibu (mechanoreceptors), nyom ni nyaɣisim bee tom; ni ka binshɛɣu din be zabiri ka di tooi nyihira bee baŋda di yi niŋ ka o yiɣiri zuɣusaa ka che ka o ni tooi wum vuri.
nangban piba nyɛla bɛ ni zaŋdi shɛli ŋubira bee mɔɣira ka yaɣa ayi din nye “mandibles” ni “proboscis” mɔɣiri bihili.[3]
Toorazi mi nyɛla din mali yaɣa ata, ka di zaa mali naba, ni kpunkpama ayi ka di yaɣa ayi zuɣu. Naba ayi din be “corbiculate” shihi sani nyɛla din mali takarifiɛba din mali nyɛhiri antennae, ka shi’ shɛba mi naba mali tiɛri ni zabiri ka di mali diɛri puma. Kpunkpama ŋɔ nyɛla din za yiɣibu zaani, ka kpunkpaŋ bihi shɛŋa gba nya din kana ti goli ti gbuni.
Puli mi nyɛla din mali yaɣa awɔi, ka di puuni puuni yaɣa ata nye din niɣim lee tibiga.[3]
Shihi bali shɛli din galisi n-nye Wallace shi’ titaliMegachile pluto, ban shi’ nyɛma waɣalim paai milimita pihinahi yin'ka.[4] Bɛ bali shɛli ban pɔri ni tooi zaɣa jihi ban ka yoɣu ka be "Meliponini" zuliya ni, ban tuma bi paai milimita diba ayi.[5]
Tia din doli ŋɔ na mɛmi tam Debevicet al, 2012 zuɣu, din mali "molecular phylogeny" ni di wuhi ni shihi (Anthophila) nyɛla ban yinaCrabronidae ni, ka di nyɛparaphyletic.Heterogynaidae biɛhigu sheei dii bi neei ti.[6] ZUliya din pɔraMellinidae daa bi zaŋ pahi lala kahigibu ŋɔ ni.
Shia waɣibu bee di nama nyɛla din pu bunahi zuɣu, di piinilashi' gala nyɛbu, ka di waɣishi' nyɔri ka di zooi lebi shi' bihi din nyɛshi' lima n naan ti lebishia maŋmaŋa ka bili kpunkpama[7]. Gala nyɛbu ŋɔ kalinli
↑Messer, A. C.(1984)."Chalicodoma pluto: The World's Largest Bee Rediscovered Living Communally in Termite Nests (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)".Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society57(1): 165–168.
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