The phylogeny of bees of the socially parasitic Australian genus Inquilina and their Exoneura hosts (Hymenoptera, Anthophoridae)

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 409-414

  Lowe, R M ^a,b   Crozier, R H ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

DNA sequencing; Exoneura; Inquilina; Phylogeny; Social parasitism

Indexed keywords

EXONEURA; INQUILINA;

EID: 0031455591     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000400050061     Document Type: Article

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