Sleeping aggregations of the bee Idiomelissodes duplocincta (Cockerell) (Hymenoptera: Anthophorini) and their possible function

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 74-84

  Alcock, John ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; MALE BEHAVIOR; ROOSTING;

ARIZONA; UNITED STATES;

HYMENOPTERA; IDIOMELISSODES DUPLOCINCTA;

EID: 0032453312     PISSN: 00228567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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