Nest structure and parasite of Euglossa atroveneta dressler (Apidae: Bombinae: Euglossini) at Union Juárez, Chiapas, México

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 144-152

  Ramírez Arriaga, Elia ^a   Cuadriello Aguilar, José Ignacio ^b   Hernández, Enrique Martínez ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b Lab de Abejas   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEST STRUCTURE; PARASITE; PARASOCIAL BEE; SOLITARY BEE;

MEXICO, CHIAPAS STATE, UNION JUAREZ;

APIDAE; BOMBINAE; COELIOXYS COSTARICENSIS; EUGLOSSA ATROVENETA; EUGLOSSINI; HYMENOPTERA; MEGACHILIDAE;

EID: 0030429568     PISSN: 00228567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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