A monograph of the baltic amber bees and evolution of the apoidea (Hymenoptera)

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Volumn , Issue 259, 2001, Pages 1-174

  Engel, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0035649026     PISSN: 00030090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090(2001)259<0001:amotba>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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