A cryptic species allied to Halictus ligatus say (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) detected by allozyme electrophoresis

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 168-176

  Carman, Geoffrey M ^a   Packer, Laurence ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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