European bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Bombini) - Phylogenetic relationships inferred from DNA sequences

Insect Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 361-386

  Pedersen, Bo Vest ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALPIGENOBOMBUS; ALPINOBOMBUS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BOMBINI; CONFUSIBOMBUS; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; KALLOBOMBUS; MEGABOMBUS; MELANOBOMBUS; MENDACIBOMBUS; PSITHYRUS; PYROBOMBUS; RHODOBOMBUS; SUBTERRANEOBOMBUS; THORACOBOMBUS;

EID: 0036986344     PISSN: 1399560X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/187631202X00208     Document Type: Article

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