Nesting and life cycle of the Australian green carpenter bees Xylocopa (Lestis) aeratus Smith and Xylocopa (Lestis) bombylans (Fabricius) (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Xylocopinae)

Australian Journal of Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 291-300

  Steen, Z ^a   Schwarz, M P ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Sociality; Voltinism; Xylocopa

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033729149     PISSN: 13266756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-6055.2000.00195.x     Document Type: Article

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