Nesting and foraging behavior of Andrena (Callandrena) rudbeckiae Robertson (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Andrenidae) in Texas

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 100-113

  Neff, John L ^a   Simpson, Beryl B ^a,b  

^a Central Texas Melittological Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONEFLOWER; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; HOST PLANK; NESTING BIOLOGY; PARASITIC BEE;

USA, TEXAS;

ANDRENA RUDBECKIAE; ANDRENIDAE; ANTHOPHORIDAE; APOIDEA; ASTERACEAE; HYMENOPTERA; NOMADA BELFRAGEI; PHELONOMADA; RATIBIDA; RUDBECKIA;

EID: 0031409172     PISSN: 00228567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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